Public School Number Five

Located at 5401 HUDSON AVE, in WEST NEW YORK, New Jersey, Public School Number Five is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school that educates 570 students (grades K through 6), part of West New York School District. Enrollment runs roughly 41% above the state mean of about 405.

West New York School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 7,399 students; Public School Number Five is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Public School Number Five logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%); the rest breaks down as 3% White. By comparison, Hudson County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 94% of students at Public School Number Five qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Hudson County's rate of about 68%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Public School Number Five 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 14.6%; Public School Number Five posts 31.9%, +17.3 points above that line.

Around the school, 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 roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), Public School Number Five is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Early Childhood School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Public School Number Five at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 24%: 749 students in 2018 compared to 570 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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