Jefferson Elementary School

Jefferson Elementary School, a modestly sized K-5 school in UNION CITY, New Jersey, overseen by Union City School District, hosts 272 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 33% below typical.

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

On demographics, Jefferson Elementary School logs that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Jefferson Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hudson County (around 68%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Jefferson 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 19.5%; Jefferson Elementary School posts 44.7%, +25.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hudson County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Jefferson Elementary School is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students).

The closest other public school is Union Hill Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jefferson Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.4%.

Jefferson Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jefferson Elementary School has declined 20%, going from 340 students in 2018 to 272 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 96% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.