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The fastest-growing public schools in Hudson County, New Jersey

41 public schools in Hudson County, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the fastest-growing public schools, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Empowerment Academy Charter School leads the list at 178%, against a median of 8.6% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Hudson County, New Jersey

Top Enrollment growth

178%

Median Enrollment growth

8.6%

FASTEST GROWING · HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Empowerment Academy Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Empowerment Academy Charter School	457	1,272	178%
2	Joseph F Brandt Elementary School	HOBOKEN, NJ	Hoboken Public School District	242	632	161%
3	Cornelia F. Bradford School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	526	1,082	106%
4	Hudson Arts and Science Charter School	Kearny, NJ	Hudson Arts and Science Charter School	476	848	78.2%
5	Hoboken High School	HOBOKEN, NJ	Hoboken Public School District	412	652	58.3%
6	Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	344	539	56.7%
7	Thomas G. Connors Elementary School	HOBOKEN, NJ	Hoboken Public School District	241	353	46.5%
8	Horace Mann Community School	BAYONNE, NJ	Bayonne School District	573	712	24.3%
9	Memorial High School	WEST NEW YORK, NJ	West New York School District	1,938	2,345	21.0%
10	Walter F. Robinson Community School	BAYONNE, NJ	Bayonne School District	777	924	18.9%
11	Lincoln High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	659	767	16.4%
12	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	569	662	16.3%
13	Hoboken Dual Language Charter School	HOBOKEN, NJ	Hoboken Dual Language Charter School	389	441	13.4%
14	Soaring Heights Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Soaring Heights Charter School	241	272	12.9%
15	Harrison High School	HARRISON, NJ	Harrison Public Schools	712	795	11.7%
16	Julia A. Barnes School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	391	433	10.7%
17	Weehawken High School	WEEHAWKEN, NJ	Weehawken Public School District	546	604	10.6%
18	Jersey City Global Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Global Charter School	383	423	10.4%
19	Clarendon School	SECAUCUS, NJ	Secaucus School District	431	475	10.2%
20	Learning Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	The Learning Community Charter School	578	634	9.7%
21	Union City High School	Union City, NJ	Union City School District	2,899	3,147	8.6%
22	Lincoln Community School #5	BAYONNE, NJ	Bayonne School District	465	497	6.9%
23	John F Kennedy Elementary School	N BERGEN, NJ	North Bergen School District	539	576	6.9%
24	Mary J Donohoe Community School	BAYONNE, NJ	Bayonne School District	471	501	6.4%
25	Bayonne High School	BAYONNE, NJ	Bayonne School District	2,668	2,830	6.1%
26	Woodrow Wilson Community School	BAYONNE, NJ	Bayonne School District	700	740	5.7%
27	Kearny High School	KEARNY, NJ	Kearny	1,731	1,825	5.4%
28	Dr Ronald McNair High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	683	716	4.8%
29	Infinity Institute	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	257	265	3.1%
30	James J Ferris High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	1,327	1,364	2.8%
31	Washington Middle School	HARRISON, NJ	Harrison Public Schools	456	466	2.2%
32	William Shemin Midtown Community School #8	BAYONNE, NJ	Bayonne School District	1,179	1,203	2.0%
33	Franklin L. Williams School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	890	906	1.8%
34	Franklin Elementary School	KEARNY, NJ	Kearny	935	950	1.6%
35	West New York Middle School	WEST NEW YORK, NJ	West New York School District	1,070	1,087	1.6%
36	Secaucus Middle School	SECAUCUS, NJ	Secaucus School District	473	478	1.1%
37	Washington Community School #9	BAYONNE, NJ	Bayonne School District	684	691	1.0%
38	Sara M. Gilmore Academy	Union City, NJ	Union City School District	397	400	0.8%
39	Elysian Charter School of Hoboken	HOBOKEN, NJ	Elysian Charter School	290	292	0.7%
40	Hamilton Intermediate School	HARRISON, NJ	Harrison Public Schools	294	295	0.3%
41	William L Dickinson High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	1,780	1,786	0.3%

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