Thomas G. Connors Elementary School
- A-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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 86 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 48% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
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Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.1% | 65.3% |
| 2023-24 | 75.7% | 63.8% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 16 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
Schools most like Thomas G. Connors Elementary School
Thomas G. Connors Elementary School's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas G. Connors Elementary School this school | 353 | 31.7% | 64.3% |
| Thomas Paine Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 342 | 27.2% | 50.8% |
| Kingston Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 417 | 32.9% | 49.2% |
| School Street School BOONTON | 325 | 35.4% | N/A |
| Memorial Elementary School LAURENCE HARBOR | 388 | 34.8% | 50.2% |
| Joyce Kilmer Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 412 | 34.0% | 38.7% |
Where Thomas G. Connors Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #256 of 1,290 | #8 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #324 of 1,319 ▼ 16 | #9 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #202 of 1,319 ▼ 55 | #10 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #885 of 1,562 | #72 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #455 of 1,390 | #19 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #181 of 1,392 | #22 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.7% | #828 of 1,481 | #81 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +46.5% | #27 of 545 | #5 of 24 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 353 | 34 | 10.4:1 | 32% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 31 | 10.6:1 | 35% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 34 | 9.1:1 | 43% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 30 | 9.7:1 | 52% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 241 | 28.9 | 8.3:1 | 87% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 224 | 27 | 8.3:1 | 87% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 270 | 26 | 10.4:1 | 94% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 37 | 8.7:1 | 99% (318) |
Since 2017-18: students up 46% (241 to 353); teachers up 18% (28.9 to 34).
About Thomas G. Connors Elementary School
Thomas G. Connors Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in HOBOKEN, New Jersey. Enrollment is 353 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5.
District-wide, Hoboken Public School District has 5 schools and 2,724 students.
Thomas G. Connors Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 48%. The remaining students are 22% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 10% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Hudson County, the White share is about 32%. Thomas G. Connors Elementary School's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.4:1. That is lower than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 32%. The average for public schools in Hudson County is 68%.
The allk12 Grade for Thomas G. Connors Elementary School is A. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 86% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Thomas G. Connors Elementary School is in the top 10% of New Jersey schools: 64.3% actual against 48.8% predicted.
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 Thomas G. Connors Elementary School, Hudson County has 129 other public schools.
Hoboken Dual Language Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Thomas G. Connors Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Thomas G. Connors Elementary School is ahead of the 58.3% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
NCES describes the area around Thomas G. Connors Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 21% enrollment increase, from 292 in 2020-21 to 353 in 2024-25.
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