Veterans' Memorial Elementary School

Set in UNION CITY, New Jersey, Veterans' Memorial Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school, operated by Union City School District. It educates 502 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 24% larger than typical.

Union City School District comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 11,519 students; Veterans' Memorial Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Veterans' Memorial Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Veterans' Memorial Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at Veterans' Memorial Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hudson County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Veterans' Memorial Elementary School 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 16.4%; Veterans' Memorial Elementary School posts 35.2%, +18.8 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hudson County put median household income runs about $91,795, 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), Veterans' Memorial Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sara M. Gilmore Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Veterans' Memorial Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Veterans' Memorial Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 609 (now 502). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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