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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST NEW YORK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341758002942
Public School Number Two
5200 BROADWAY, WEST NEW YORK, NJ 07093 · (201) 553-4040 · Hudson County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+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
12.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
476 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 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
26%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
47.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
41.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 41.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 34.7% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Public School Number Two
Public School Number Two's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public School Number Two this school | 621 | 76.7% | 38.6% |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School N BERGEN | 576 | 77.1% | 29.5% |
| James J. Flynn Elementary School PERTH AMBOY | 599 | 75.1% | 22.5% |
| North Dover Elementary School DOVER | 640 | 75.0% | 21.0% |
| Number Three School FAIRVIEW | 668 | 79.8% | 19.8% |
| Franklin Elementary School N BERGEN | 509 | 76.8% | 28.3% |
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 Two ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #787 of 1,290 | #38 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #756 of 1,319 ▲ 82 | #25 of 84 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #787 of 1,319 ▲ 5 | #41 of 84 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #200 of 1,562 | #36 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,067 of 1,390 | #61 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.9% | #1,261 of 1,392 | #65 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.7% | #259 of 1,481 | #35 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #240 of 798 | #29 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
621
-90 (-13%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 621 | 48.2 | 12.9:1 | 77% (476) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 54.6 | 11.7:1 | 76% (487) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 48.6 | 12.2:1 | 76% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 711 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 78% (556) |
| 2017-18 | 744 | 43.8 | 17.0:1 | 79% (591) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 50 | 15.0:1 | 82% (613) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 41 | 9.6:1 | 71% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 731 | 54 | 13.5:1 | 75% (547) |
| 1990-91 | 528 | 33 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Public School Number Two.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (744 to 621); teachers up 10% (43.8 to 48.2).
About Public School Number Two
Public School Number Two is a large elementary school in WEST NEW YORK, New Jersey, one of the schools in West New York School District. Its 621 students are spread across kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students.
Public School Number Two is among 9 schools run by West New York School District, which serves 7,399 students.
About 86% of the student body at Public School Number Two is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% White, 5% Asian, and 2% Black. In Hudson County overall, about 41% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 26% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 12.9:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Public School Number Two is 77%. That rate is above the 68% average among public schools in Hudson County.
The allk12 Grade for Public School Number Two is B. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 24.2%. Public School Number Two scores 38.6%.
Among Hudson County residents, the median household income is $91,795, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Public School Number Two, Hudson County has 129 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Early Childhood School, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Public School Number Two is ahead of the 34.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment is down 13% from 2020-21, when Public School Number Two had 711 students, to 2024-25, when it had 621. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.5:1 to 12.9:1.
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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
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
- Harry L BainElementary · 599 students
- Public School Number FiveElementary · 570 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
- Harry L BainElementary · 599 students
- Public School Number FiveElementary · 570 students
- Albio Sires Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Early Childhood School0.1 mi · 395
- Memorial High School0.1 mi · 2,345
- Public School Number Five0.2 mi · 570
- West New York Middle School0.2 mi · 1,087
- Theodore Roosevelt School0.4 mi · 337
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School0.4 mi · 871
Frequently asked questions
About Public School Number TwoWhat is the total enrollment at Public School Number Two?
Public School Number Two enrolls approximately 621 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Public School Number Two serve?
Public School Number Two serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Public School Number Two?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Public School Number Two.
How diverse is Public School Number Two?
Public School Number Two reports a student body of 7% White, 86% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Public School Number Two?
Public School Number Two is overseen by West New York School District in Hudson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.