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Enrollment
438
Middle
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOBOKEN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340735003381
Hoboken Middle School
158 Fourth Street, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 · (201) 356-3750 · Hudson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of New Jersey public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
190 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 153 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 137 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 148 | 34% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hoboken Middle School→Hoboken High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hoboken Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
66.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
60.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.9% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 59.2% | 50.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hoboken Middle School
Hoboken Middle School's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoboken Middle School this school | 438 | 43.4% | 51.5% |
| Hopatcong Middle School Hopatcong | 435 | 40.0% | 30.8% |
| John Hill School BOONTON | 556 | 40.1% | 51.6% |
| Von E. Mauger Middle School MIDDLESEX | 502 | 43.8% | 37.6% |
| Hackettstown Middle School HACKETTSTOWN | 507 | 46.0% | 41.8% |
| Russell O. Brackman Middle School BARNEGAT | 509 | 46.2% | 30.5% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hoboken Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #167 of 433 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #107 of 437 ▲ 45 | #3 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #169 of 437 ▲ 38 | #4 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #295 of 445 | #9 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #146 of 417 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #83 of 419 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #171 of 436 | #10 of 12 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
438
+51 (+13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 438 | 42.7 | 10.3:1 | 43% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 44.8 | 9.7:1 | 45% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 40.8 | 10.0:1 | 46% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 35 | 11.1:1 | 50% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 188 | 18 | 10.4:1 | 71% (133) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hoboken Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 133% (188 to 438); teachers up 137% (18 to 42.7).
About Hoboken Middle School
Federal records list Hoboken Middle School as a middle-grades school in HOBOKEN, New Jersey. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 438 students. The school is 24% below the average for middle schools in New Jersey.
Hoboken Public School District counts 2,724 students in its 5 schools, and Hoboken Middle School is one of them.
The student body at Hoboken Middle School has no majority group. White students lead at 47%. The remaining shares are 31% Hispanic, 12% Black, 7% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Hudson County as a whole is about 32% White, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hoboken Middle School is 10.3:1, based on 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 10.9:1. Hoboken Middle School counts 43% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 68% for public schools in Hudson County.
On the allk12 Grade, Hoboken Middle School lands at A-, ahead of 76% of New Jersey public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Hoboken Middle School is 9.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
For Hudson County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $91,795, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 130 public schools and about 86,216 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Hoboken Charter School, is the closest to Hoboken Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Hoboken Middle School ranks 7th on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Hoboken Middle School enrolled 387 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 438.
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Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hoboken Public School District
- Hoboken High SchoolHigh · 652 students
- Wallace Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Joseph F Brandt Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Thomas G. Connors Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
Other schools in HOBOKEN
- Hoboken High SchoolHigh · 652 students
- Wallace Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Joseph F Brandt Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Hoboken Dual Language Charter SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Thomas G. Connors Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Hoboken Charter SchoolCombined · 299 students
Nearby schools
- Hoboken Charter School0.3 mi · 299
- Joseph F Brandt Elementary School0.4 mi · 632
- Hoboken High School0.4 mi · 652
- Hoboken Dual Language Charter School0.4 mi · 441
- Thomas G. Connors Elementary School0.5 mi · 353
- Wallace Elementary School0.6 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About Hoboken Middle SchoolHow large is Hoboken Middle School?
Hoboken Middle School enrolls approximately 438 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Hoboken Middle School serve?
Hoboken Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Hoboken Middle School have?
Hoboken Middle School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Hoboken Middle School?
Student demographics at Hoboken Middle School are roughly 47% White, 31% Hispanic, 12% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Hoboken Middle School in?
Hoboken Middle School is part of Hoboken Public School District.
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