Hoboken Charter School

Hoboken Charter School is a minimally staffed combined-grade school in Hoboken, New Jersey, one of the schools within Hoboken Charter School District. The school teaches 299 students in grades K through 12. That puts it 68% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 934 students.

Hoboken Charter School is a school of Hoboken Charter School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Hoboken Charter School shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Hudson County as a whole is about 32% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hudson County (around 68%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hoboken Charter School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.2%; this one delivers 62.5%.

Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hoboken Charter School is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students).

Nearest neighbor: Joseph F Brandt Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hoboken Charter School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hoboken Charter School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 60.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. Hoboken Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hoboken Charter School has stayed largely flat, going from 296 students in 2018 to 299 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged up from 43% to 53%.

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