Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341638002916
Hudson Elementary School
167 19TH ST, UNION CITY, NJ 07087 · (201) 624-9800 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
219 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 63 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 18% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
55.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
55.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.3% | 55.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 46.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Hudson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #483 of 1,290 | #13 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #490 of 1,319 | #14 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #588 of 1,319 | #22 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #1,026 of 1,562 | #77 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #620 of 1,390 | #36 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #1,302 of 1,392 | #68 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #373 of 1,481 | #51 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #278 of 798 | #33 of 61 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
320
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 320 | 29 | 11.0:1 | 68% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 300 | 29 | 10.3:1 | 78% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 28 | 10.5:1 | 77% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | 25 | 12.6:1 | 81% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 22.7 | 16.6:1 | 86% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 27 | 19.1:1 | 92% (473) |
| 2000-01 | 553 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 85% (468) |
| 1990-91 | 573 | 29 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hudson Elementary School.
About Hudson Elementary School
Hudson Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in UNION CITY, New Jersey. Enrolled students number 320 students, in pre-K through 3. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
Union City School District has 11,519 students in 14 schools, and Hudson Elementary School is one of those schools.
Most students at Hudson Elementary School are Hispanic: 89% of enrollment. Other students are 7% White and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 41% Hispanic share among all Hudson County residents. Hudson Elementary School has a diversity index of 21%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 29 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hudson Elementary School and a ratio of 11.0:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is about 11.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 68% of students. Across public schools in Hudson County, the average is about the same, 68%.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Hudson Elementary School ranks in the top 10% in New Jersey. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.8%, against a prediction of 28.7%.
Hudson County has about 718,323 residents, and median household income is about $91,795, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Hudson County number 130 and enroll about 86,216.
The school nearest to Hudson Elementary School is Emerson Middle School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Hudson Elementary School places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Hudson Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 314 in 2020-21 to 320 in 2024-25, a change of 6 students. By 2024-25, the school had 11.0 students per teacher, compared with 12.6 in 2020-21.
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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 Union City School District
- Union City High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Emerson Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Robert Waters Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 871 students
- Union Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Other schools in UNION CITY
- Union City High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Emerson Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Robert Waters Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 871 students
- Union Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Emerson Middle School0.2 mi · 999
- Colin Powell Elementary School0.2 mi · 692
- Jose Marti STEM Academy0.5 mi · 625
- Veterans' Memorial Elementary School0.5 mi · 502
- Daniel Webster School0.5 mi · 406
- Elysian Charter School of Hoboken0.5 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About Hudson Elementary SchoolHow large is Hudson Elementary School?
Hudson Elementary School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades PK-03.
Is Hudson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hudson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many teachers does Hudson Elementary School have?
Hudson Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hudson Elementary School?
At Hudson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Hudson Elementary School in?
Hudson Elementary School is part of Union City School District.
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