Hudson Elementary School

Hudson Elementary School operates as a close-knit elementary campus in UNION CITY, New Jersey, part of Union City School District. Current enrollment sits at 320 students spanning grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Hudson Elementary School sits 21% smaller than that benchmark.

Union City School District runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 11,519 students. Hudson Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hudson Elementary School reports that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest comes out to 7% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Hudson County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hudson Elementary School records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hudson Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 28.7%; Hudson Elementary School posts 51.8%, +23.1 points above that line.

Around the school, Hudson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Hudson County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), of which Hudson Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Emerson Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hudson Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Hudson Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 376 (now 320). Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.