Joseph F Brandt Elementary School

Set in HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Joseph F Brandt Elementary School is a sprawling primary school, run under Hoboken Public School District. It enrolls 632 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 56% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Across the 5 schools in Hoboken Public School District (2,724 students total), Joseph F Brandt Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Joseph F Brandt Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Hudson County as a whole is about 32% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Joseph F Brandt Elementary School has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Joseph F Brandt Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Hudson County's rate of about 68%.

After controlling for student poverty, Joseph F Brandt 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 54.8%; Joseph F Brandt Elementary School posts 73.6%, +18.8 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Hudson County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), Joseph F Brandt Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hoboken High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Joseph F Brandt Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 59.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 161%: 242 students in 2018 compared to 632 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 60% across the same window.

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