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How has Horace Mann Community School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
712
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAYONNE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340126002716
Horace Mann Community School
25 WEST 38TH STREET, BAYONNE, NJ 07002 · (201) 858-5979 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL712 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
391 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 68 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (75).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 34.8% |
% 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
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Horace Mann Community School
Horace Mann Community School's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Mann Community School this school | 712 | 54.9% | 39.8% |
| Arthur Rann Elementary School GALLOWAY | 635 | 53.9% | 28.7% |
| Washington Community School #9 BAYONNE | 691 | 61.2% | 34.2% |
| Veterans Memorial Elementary School BRICK | 619 | 57.8% | 35.5% |
| Middle Township Elementary #1 CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE | 688 | 61.0% | N/A |
| Henry E. Harris Community School BAYONNE | 657 | 62.9% | 33.8% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary 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 Horace Mann Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #754 of 1,290 | #33 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #875 of 1,319 ▼ 39 | #40 of 84 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #737 of 1,319 ▼ 85 | #36 of 84 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 712 | #106 of 1,562 | #21 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #969 of 1,390 | #58 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #288 of 1,392 | #30 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #523 of 1,481 | #69 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.3% | #79 of 545 | #6 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
712
+71 (+11%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 536
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 712 | 57.5 | 12.4:1 | 55% (391) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 53 | 12.8:1 | 51% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 51 | 12.6:1 | 51% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 48 | 13.3:1 | 41% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 47% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 45 | 13.9:1 | 51% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 50% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 549 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 31% (168) |
| 1990-91 | 536 | 21 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horace Mann Community School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (573 to 712); teachers up 47% (39 to 57.5).
About Horace Mann Community School
As a large elementary school, Horace Mann Community School serves students in BAYONNE, New Jersey. The student body numbers 712 students, from pre-K through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New Jersey) has about 405 students.
Horace Mann Community School reports to Bayonne School District, which has 13 schools and 10,325 students.
White students make up a majority at Horace Mann Community School, at 52%. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 11% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Hudson County is roughly 32% White. Horace Mann Community School's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 57.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Horace Mann Community School and a ratio of 12.4:1. This ratio sits 0.9 above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 55% of students. The gap from the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County is 13 points.
The allk12 Grade for Horace Mann Community School is B-. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 46% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 36.1%. Horace Mann Community School scores 39.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Hudson County show that the median household income is $91,795, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Horace Mann Community School is one of 130 public schools in the county.
Walter F. Robinson Community School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Horace Mann Community School. Horace Mann Community School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 71 more students in 2024-25.
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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 Bayonne School District
- Bayonne High SchoolHigh · 2,830 students
- William Shemin Midtown Community School #8Elementary · 1,203 students
- Walter F. Robinson Community SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Woodrow Wilson Community SchoolElementary · 740 students
- Washington Community School #9Elementary · 691 students
- Henry E. Harris Community SchoolElementary · 657 students
Other schools in BAYONNE
- Bayonne High SchoolHigh · 2,830 students
- William Shemin Midtown Community School #8Elementary · 1,203 students
- Walter F. Robinson Community SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Woodrow Wilson Community SchoolElementary · 740 students
- Washington Community School #9Elementary · 691 students
- Henry E. Harris Community SchoolElementary · 657 students
Nearby schools
- Walter F. Robinson Community School0.5 mi · 924
- Washington Community School #90.5 mi · 691
- Lincoln Community School #50.6 mi · 497
- Bayonne High School0.7 mi · 2,830
- Bayonne Alternative High School0.7 mi · 109
- Philip G. Vroom Community School0.8 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About Horace Mann Community SchoolHow large is Horace Mann Community School?
Horace Mann Community School enrolls approximately 712 students in grades PK-08.
Is Horace Mann Community School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Horace Mann Community School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Horace Mann Community School have?
Horace Mann Community School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Horace Mann Community School?
Student demographics at Horace Mann Community School are roughly 52% White, 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Horace Mann Community School?
Horace Mann Community School is overseen by Bayonne School District in Hudson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.