Henry Snyder High School

Henry Snyder High School is a senior high of close-knit scale in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, part of Jersey City Public Schools, instructing 729 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 929.

Jersey City Public Schools runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 24,151 students. Henry Snyder High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Henry Snyder High School reports that 61% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest reads as 30% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 12% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Henry Snyder High School records 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hudson County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Henry Snyder High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 11.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hudson County put median household earnings sit near $91,795, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Henry Snyder High School is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students).

Nearest neighbor: Innovation High School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Henry Snyder High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 804 students in 2018 compared to 729 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Henry Snyder High School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.