Daniel Webster School

Daniel Webster School is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in WEEHAWKEN, New Jersey, one of the schools within Weehawken Public School District, works with 406 students in grades pre-K through 2.

Daniel Webster School is one of 3 schools operated by Weehawken Public School District, a district that instructs 1,347 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Daniel Webster School reports that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

On the resource side, Daniel Webster School lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Daniel Webster School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Hudson County's rate of about 68%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hudson County put the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Hudson County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), of which Daniel Webster School is one.

Jefferson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 414 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 48% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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