Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education

Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in UNION CITY, New Jersey, run under Union City School District. Current enrollment sits at 300 students spanning grades pre-K through K. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 26% leaner than typical.

Union City School District comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 11,519 students; Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education is among them.

On demographics, Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education records that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 6% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader 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), Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Union City High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education has decreased 4%, going from 314 students in 2018 to 300 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 today.

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