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Enrollment
570
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST NEW YORK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341758002948
Public School Number Five
5401 HUDSON AVE, WEST NEW YORK, NJ 07093 · (201) 553-4080 · Hudson County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest 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
14.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
537 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (85).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within West New York School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.9% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 26.9% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 15% 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 17 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 →
Schools most like Public School Number Five
Public School Number Five's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public School Number Five this school | 570 | 94.2% | 31.9% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School NEW BRUNSWICK | 597 | 97.0% | 14.2% |
| Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts NEW BRUNSWICK | 624 | 93.4% | 21.5% |
| Veterans' Memorial Elementary School UNION CITY | 502 | 90.8% | 35.2% |
| Public School Number Three WEST NEW YORK | 506 | 90.1% | 33.8% |
| Daniel F. Ryan Elementary School No. 19 Passaic | 590 | 99.8% | 19.6% |
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 Public School Number Five ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #920 of 1,290 | #58 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #933 of 1,319 ▲ 54 | #52 of 84 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #937 of 1,319 ▼ 84 | #63 of 84 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #279 of 1,562 | #44 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,248 of 1,390 | #74 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.2% | #1,383 of 1,392 | #82 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #24 of 1,481 | #1 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #111 of 798 | #12 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
570
-31 (-5%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 570 | 40.4 | 14.1:1 | 94% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 43 | 12.5:1 | 93% (500) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 43.6 | 12.4:1 | 94% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | 45 | 13.4:1 | 93% (558) |
| 2017-18 | 749 | 47 | 15.9:1 | 89% (668) |
| 2015-16 | 753 | 49 | 15.4:1 | 90% (679) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 93% (547) |
| 2000-01 | 853 | 62 | 13.8:1 | 82% (698) |
| 1990-91 | 704 | 46 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Public School Number Five.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (749 to 570); teachers down 14% (47 to 40.4).
About Public School Number Five
Public School Number Five is a mid-sized elementary school in WEST NEW YORK, New Jersey. It reports enrollment of 570 students in kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 41% bigger than the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Public School Number Five is one of the 9 schools that make up West New York School District (7,399 students in total).
At Public School Number Five, 96% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 3% White. That is higher than the 41% Hispanic share among all Hudson County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 7%.
Public School Number Five lists 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.1 students per teacher. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 2.7 students per teacher. About 94% of students at Public School Number Five are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 68% average for public schools in Hudson County is 26 points lower.
Public School Number Five holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 56% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 14.6% for Public School Number Five, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 31.9%. The 17.3-point gap ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey schools.
In the wider Hudson County area, the median household earns about $91,795 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public School Number Five shares Hudson County with 129 other public schools.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Public School Number Five from the closest public school, Early Childhood School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Public School Number Five ranks 7th of 8 nearby schools, at 31.9% versus a 35.5% average.
Locale data from NCES put Public School Number Five in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 570, from 601 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Public School Number Five community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 West New York School District
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,345 students
- West New York Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,087 students
- Public School Number OneElementary · 758 students
- Public School Number TwoElementary · 621 students
- Harry L BainElementary · 599 students
- Albio Sires Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Other schools in WEST NEW YORK
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,345 students
- West New York Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,087 students
- Public School Number OneElementary · 758 students
- Public School Number TwoElementary · 621 students
- Harry L BainElementary · 599 students
- Albio Sires Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Early Childhood School0.1 mi · 395
- West New York Middle School0.1 mi · 1,087
- Memorial High School0.1 mi · 2,345
- Public School Number Two0.2 mi · 621
- Public School Number Three0.3 mi · 506
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School0.4 mi · 871
Frequently asked questions
About Public School Number FiveWhat is the total enrollment at Public School Number Five?
Public School Number Five enrolls approximately 570 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Public School Number Five serve?
Public School Number Five serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Public School Number Five?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Public School Number Five is approximately 14.1:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Public School Number Five?
Public School Number Five reports a student body of 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Public School Number Five public or private?
Public School Number Five is a public K-12 school, overseen by West New York School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.