Public School Number One

Public School Number One is one of the roomy elementary campuss in WEST NEW YORK, New Jersey, run under West New York School District, with 758 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 87% above the state mean of about 405.

Across the 9 schools in West New York School District (7,399 students total), Public School Number One accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Public School Number One records that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. 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 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 92% 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 somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Public School Number One 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 15.8%; Public School Number One posts 30.9%, +15.2 points above that line.

Around the school, Hudson County reports 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%. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), Public School Number One is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Public School Number One ranks 8th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.5%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Public School Number One's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 838 (now 758). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 91% to 97%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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