Hoboken High School

Hoboken High School is a modestly sized secondary school in HOBOKEN, New Jersey, operated by Hoboken Public School District. The school hosts 652 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 30% smaller than the state mean of about 929.

Hoboken Public School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,724 students; Hoboken High School is among them.

Demographically, Hoboken High School reports that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 31% White, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Hudson County's rate of about 68%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hoboken High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.6%, the actual is 45.1%, a residual of +7.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hudson County indicate 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. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), Hoboken High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Joseph F Brandt Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hoboken High School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 62.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 58%: 412 students in 2018 compared to 652 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 15% to 31%. Class-load math has grew: from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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