Weehawken High School

Weehawken High School is one of the cozy four-year high schools in WEEHAWKEN, New Jersey, one of the schools within Weehawken Public School District, with 604 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Weehawken High School sits 35% below that benchmark.

Weehawken High School is one of 3 schools operated by Weehawken Public School District, a district that enrolls 1,347 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Weehawken High School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 34% White, 6% Asian, 5% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the resource side, Weehawken High School shows 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hudson County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Weehawken High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.3%; this one delivers 30.6%.

In the surrounding community, Hudson County reports that median household earnings sit near $91,795, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Weehawken High School is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students).

The closest other public school is Union Hill Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Weehawken High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.4%.

Weehawken High School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Weehawken High School's enrollment has climbed 11% since 2018, when it stood at 546 (now 604). Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 62% to 53%.

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