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Enrollment
692
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341638003215
Colin Powell Elementary School
1500 New York Avenue, Union City, NJ 07087 · (201) 351-5165 · Hudson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
509 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 152 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (152).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Colin Powell Elementary School→Emerson Middle School
Based on grade levels within Union City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
60.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.9% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.2% | 48.5% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Colin Powell Elementary School
Colin Powell Elementary School's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Powell Elementary School this school | 692 | 73.6% | 48.1% |
| North Dover Elementary School DOVER | 640 | 75.0% | 21.0% |
| Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School PERTH AMBOY | 632 | 76.1% | 15.9% |
| Rose M. Lopez Elementary School Perth Amboy | 793 | 75.3% | 29.5% |
| James J. Flynn Elementary School PERTH AMBOY | 599 | 75.1% | 22.5% |
| School 16 PATERSON | 813 | 70.6% | 17.4% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Colin Powell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #567 of 1,290 | #15 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #557 of 1,319 ▲ 11 | #17 of 84 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #462 of 1,319 ▲ 36 | #19 of 84 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #123 of 1,562 | #22 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,143 of 1,390 | #67 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.5% | #1,376 of 1,392 | #81 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.6% | #305 of 1,481 | #41 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #213 of 798 | #24 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
692
-157 (-18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 692 | 52 | 13.3:1 | 74% (509) |
| 2023-24 | 702 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 81% (572) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 51 | 14.1:1 | 85% (612) |
| 2020-21 | 849 | 51 | 16.6:1 | 61% (516) |
| 2017-18 | 842 | 54.9 | 15.3:1 | 85% (712) |
| 2015-16 | 789 | 55 | 14.3:1 | 89% (704) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colin Powell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (842 to 692); teachers down 5% (54.9 to 52).
About Colin Powell Elementary School
Colin Powell Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school serving families in Union City, New Jersey. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 692 students. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 405.
Union City School District enrolls 11,519 students, and its 14 schools include Colin Powell Elementary School.
The share of Hispanic students at Colin Powell Elementary School is 95%. Next come 2% Asian. The county population is about 41% Hispanic. The diversity index for Colin Powell Elementary School is 9%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Colin Powell Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1, with 52 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. The school has 74% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Colin Powell Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 76% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 25.9% for Colin Powell Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 48.1%. The 22.2-point gap ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey schools.
For Hudson County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $91,795 a year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Colin Powell Elementary School, Hudson County has 130 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Colin Powell Elementary School is closest to Emerson Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Colin Powell Elementary School at 5th of 9.
Colin Powell Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 849 students in 2020-21 to 692 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.6:1 to 13.3:1.
This page is set up for the Colin Powell Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union City School District
- Union City High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Emerson Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Robert Waters Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 871 students
- Union Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Other schools in Union City
- Union City High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Emerson Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Robert Waters Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 871 students
- Union Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Other Colin Powell Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Colin Powell Elementary. Colin Powell Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Colin Powell Elementary SchoolGRAND PRAIRIE, TX · 628 students
Nearby schools
- Emerson Middle School0.1 mi · 999
- Hudson Elementary School0.2 mi · 320
- Veterans' Memorial Elementary School0.3 mi · 502
- Jose Marti STEM Academy0.3 mi · 625
- Sara M. Gilmore Academy0.4 mi · 400
- John F Kennedy Elementary School0.5 mi · 576
Frequently asked questions
About Colin Powell Elementary SchoolHow large is Colin Powell Elementary School?
Colin Powell Elementary School enrolls approximately 692 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Colin Powell Elementary School serve?
Colin Powell Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Colin Powell Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Colin Powell Elementary School is approximately 13.3:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Colin Powell Elementary School?
Student demographics at Colin Powell Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian.
Who oversees Colin Powell Elementary School?
Colin Powell Elementary School is overseen by Union City School District in Hudson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.