Elysian Charter School of Hoboken

Elysian Charter School of Hoboken is one of the tight-knit primary schools in HOBOKEN, New Jersey, one of the schools within Elysian Charter School, with 292 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Elysian Charter School of Hoboken sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Elysian Charter School of Hoboken answers to Elysian Charter School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Elysian Charter School of Hoboken logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 32% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Hudson County's rate of about 68%.

With demographic context factored in, Elysian Charter School of Hoboken tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hudson County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), Elysian Charter School of Hoboken is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wallace Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Elysian Charter School of Hoboken comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 52.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. Elysian Charter School of Hoboken is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elysian Charter School of Hoboken has held roughly steady, going from 290 students in 2018 to 292 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 6% to 2%.

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