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How has Hudson Arts and Science Charter School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
848
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUDSON ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340078703387
Hudson Arts and Science Charter School
131 Midland Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032 · (201) 773-9140 · Hudson County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL848 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% 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.
- A-Beats 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
14.1:1
60 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
598 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 97 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 16% smaller than its 8th grade class (97).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
49.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
28.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.3pp 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 29 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 28.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Hudson Arts and Science Charter School
Hudson Arts and Science Charter School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Arts and Science Charter School this school | 848 | 70.5% | 37.0% |
| Christa McAuliffe School JERSEY CITY | 906 | 70.3% | 40.5% |
| Franklin Elementary School KEARNY | 950 | 73.4% | 30.7% |
| Robert Fulton Elementary School NORTH BERGEN | 938 | 66.7% | 35.3% |
| School 16 PATERSON | 813 | 70.6% | 17.4% |
| Haledon Public School HALEDON | 996 | 67.8% | 27.1% |
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 Hudson Arts and Science Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #816 of 1,290 | #39 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #1,001 of 1,319 ▼ 86 | #61 of 84 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #731 of 1,319 ▼ 9 | #34 of 84 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 848 | #41 of 1,562 | #13 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,251 of 1,390 | #75 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #1,140 of 1,392 | #60 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.5% | #345 of 1,481 | #47 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +78.2% | #8 of 545 | #3 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
848
+75 (+10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 848 | 60 | 14.1:1 | 71% (598) |
| 2023-24 | 852 | 58 | 14.7:1 | 68% (582) |
| 2022-23 | 846 | 53 | 16.0:1 | 60% (507) |
| 2020-21 | 773 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 46% (358) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 66% (315) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hudson Arts and Science Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 78% (476 to 848); teachers up 100% (30 to 60).
About Hudson Arts and Science Charter School
Hudson Arts and Science Charter School is a large elementary school for students in Kearny, New Jersey. It covers kindergarten through 8, with a total enrollment of 848 students. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
By race and ethnicity, Hudson Arts and Science Charter School is 79% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% White, 6% Black, and 3% Asian. In Hudson County overall, about 41% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Hudson Arts and Science Charter School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.
Teacher staffing is 60 full-time equivalents, or about 14.1 students per teacher. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is lower than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 71%.
The allk12 Grade for Hudson Arts and Science Charter School is B-. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Hudson Arts and Science Charter School would be expected to post about 27.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Hudson County, median household income is about $91,795, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Hudson County number 130 and enroll about 86,216.
The closest public school to Hudson Arts and Science Charter School is Lincoln Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 35.4%, lower than Hudson Arts and Science Charter School's 37.0%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Hudson Arts and Science Charter School holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 10%, from 773 to 848. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.8 to 14.1 over 4 years.
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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 Kearny
- Kearny High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Schuyler Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Middle School0.1 mi · 763
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.5 mi · 428
- Schuyler Elementary School0.5 mi · 437
- Kearny High School0.6 mi · 1,825
- Garfield Elementary School0.7 mi · 428
- Veterans Middle School0.9 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Hudson Arts and Science Charter SchoolHow large is Hudson Arts and Science Charter School?
Hudson Arts and Science Charter School enrolls approximately 848 students in grades KG-08.
Is Hudson Arts and Science Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hudson Arts and Science Charter School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Hudson Arts and Science Charter School have?
Hudson Arts and Science Charter School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hudson Arts and Science Charter School?
At Hudson Arts and Science Charter School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 79% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Hudson Arts and Science Charter School public or private?
Hudson Arts and Science Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Hudson Arts and Science Charter School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.