Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAYONNE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340126000141
Nicholas Oresko Community School
33 East 24th Street, BAYONNE, NJ 07002 · (201) 858-6281 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
10.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
244 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 38 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 54% larger than its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
52.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
33.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -13.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 33.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.2% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Nicholas Oresko Community School
Nicholas Oresko Community School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Oresko Community School this school | 388 | 62.9% | 44.5% |
| Lincoln Community School #5 BAYONNE | 497 | 61.0% | 50.1% |
| Somerdale Park School SOMERDALE | 447 | 55.5% | 34.3% |
| Philip G. Vroom Community School BAYONNE | 433 | 70.9% | 44.6% |
| Parkview Elementary School WESTVILLE | 347 | 63.4% | 27.5% |
| Reeds Road Elementary School GALLOWAY | 493 | 53.5% | 32.2% |
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 Nicholas Oresko Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #646 of 1,290 | #22 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #905 of 1,319 ▼ 279 | #46 of 84 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #635 of 1,319 ▼ 136 | #26 of 84 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #744 of 1,562 | #68 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #555 of 1,390 | #30 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #33 of 1,392 | #10 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #432 of 1,481 | #60 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #251 of 798 | #32 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. 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
388
-56 (-13%) vs 2020
+64% since 2000-01, when it was 236
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 388 | 36 | 10.8:1 | 63% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 55% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 50% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 37% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 23 | 20.1:1 | 44% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 45% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 22 | 18.1:1 | 48% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 236 | 13 | 18.1:1 | 8% (19) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nicholas Oresko Community School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (462 to 388); teachers up 57% (23 to 36).
About Nicholas Oresko Community School
BAYONNE, New Jersey, is home to Nicholas Oresko Community School, a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 388 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8.
District-wide, Bayonne School District has 13 schools and 10,325 students.
White students account for 35% of enrollment at Nicholas Oresko Community School, more than any other group. Other groups make up 28% Hispanic, 21% Black, 12% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Hudson County residents are about 32% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 74%.
Staffing at Nicholas Oresko Community School comes to 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.8:1. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is close to this figure. Nicholas Oresko Community School counts 63% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Nicholas Oresko Community School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 68% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Nicholas Oresko Community School is 12.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (44.5% versus 31.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
American Community Survey estimates for Hudson County show that the median household earns about $91,795 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Hudson County, 130 public schools serve about 86,216 students.
Of the public schools around it, Nicholas Oresko Community School is closest to Philip G. Vroom Community School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 41.1% on proficiency, and Nicholas Oresko Community School is above that at 44.5%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 13%, from 444 to 388. Students per teacher dropped from 17.1 in 2020-21 to 10.8 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Philip G. Vroom Community School0.2 mi · 433
- Lincoln Community School #50.3 mi · 497
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- Walter F. Robinson Community School0.6 mi · 924
- Bayonne Alternative High School0.7 mi · 109
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Frequently asked questions
About Nicholas Oresko Community SchoolHow many students attend Nicholas Oresko Community School?
Nicholas Oresko Community School enrolls approximately 388 students in grades PK-08.
Is Nicholas Oresko Community School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nicholas Oresko Community School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Nicholas Oresko Community School have?
Nicholas Oresko Community School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nicholas Oresko Community School?
At Nicholas Oresko Community School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 28% Hispanic, 21% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Nicholas Oresko Community School in?
Nicholas Oresko Community School is part of Bayonne School District.
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