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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST NEW YORK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341758002944
Public School Number Three
600 55TH ST, WEST NEW YORK, NJ 07093 · (201) 553-4060 · Hudson County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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
11.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
456 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 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 37% larger than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
13%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
43.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
32.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.4% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 30.1% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 17% 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 Three
Public School Number Three's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public School Number Three this school | 506 | 90.1% | 33.8% |
| Albio Sires Elementary School WEST NEW YORK | 518 | 88.2% | 34.1% |
| Veterans' Memorial Elementary School UNION CITY | 502 | 90.8% | 35.2% |
| Maria Varisco Rogers Charter School NEWARK | 572 | 88.5% | 39.9% |
| Public School Number Five WEST NEW YORK | 570 | 94.2% | 31.9% |
| Harry L Bain WEST NEW YORK | 599 | 86.0% | 33.6% |
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 Three ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #885 of 1,290 | #51 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #924 of 1,319 ▲ 8 | #49 of 84 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #864 of 1,319 ▲ 54 | #52 of 84 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #395 of 1,562 | #51 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #640 of 1,390 | #40 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.7% | #1,352 of 1,392 | #76 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #59 of 1,481 | #6 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #234 of 798 | #27 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
506
-26 (-5%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 323
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 506 | 45.6 | 11.1:1 | 90% (456) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 47.2 | 10.9:1 | 88% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 45.8 | 11.6:1 | 86% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 43 | 12.4:1 | 85% (451) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 45 | 13.5:1 | 83% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 50 | 11.7:1 | 84% (490) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 29 | 11.6:1 | 85% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 410 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 79% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 323 | 21 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Public School Number Three.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (608 to 506); teachers up 1% (45 to 45.6).
About Public School Number Three
Public School Number Three, located in WEST NEW YORK, New Jersey, is a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 506 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6. The school is 25% larger than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
West New York School District is the local district for Public School Number Three. It runs 9 schools with 7,399 students.
Of every 100 students at Public School Number Three, about 93 are Hispanic. The remaining students are 5% White. Census figures show Hudson County is about 41% Hispanic. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at Public School Number Three are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Public School Number Three totals 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.1:1. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Public School Number Three is about 90%. On average, public schools in Hudson County report 68%.
Public School Number Three earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Public School Number Three is among the top 10% of schools in New Jersey. Predicted: 16.8%. Actual: 33.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau 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 roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Hudson County has 130 public schools with about 86,216 students, including Public School Number Three.
Public School Number Five, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Public School Number Three is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count fell 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 12.4:1 to 11.1:1.
People who know Public School Number Three can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Public School Number FiveElementary · 570 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
- Public School Number FiveElementary · 570 students
Nearby schools
- Public School Number Five0.3 mi · 570
- Early Childhood School0.4 mi · 395
- West New York Middle School0.4 mi · 1,087
- Franklin Elementary School0.4 mi · 509
- Public School Number One0.5 mi · 758
- Memorial High School0.5 mi · 2,345
Frequently asked questions
About Public School Number ThreeWhat is the total enrollment at Public School Number Three?
Public School Number Three enrolls approximately 506 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Public School Number Three serve?
Public School Number Three serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Public School Number Three have?
Public School Number Three employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Public School Number Three?
At Public School Number Three, the student body is approximately 5% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Public School Number Three?
Public School Number Three 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.