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Enrollment
604
High
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEEHAWKEN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341731002928
Weehawken High School
53 LIBERTY PLACE, WEEHAWKEN, NJ 07086 · (201) 422-6130 · Hudson County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of New Jersey public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
319 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 104 | 17% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Weehawken Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
51.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
31.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 31.5% |
| 2023-24 | 40.7% | 19.6% |
% 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
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Weehawken High School
Weehawken High School's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weehawken High School this school | 604 | 52.8% | 30.6% |
| Roselle Park High School ROSELLE PARK | 593 | 56.2% | 31.8% |
| Hoboken High School HOBOKEN | 652 | 52.1% | 45.1% |
| South Amboy Middle/High School SOUTH AMBOY | 616 | 58.6% | 20.7% |
| Middlesex High School MIDDLESEX | 597 | 45.7% | 31.8% |
| Memorial Senior High School ELMWOOD PARK | 823 | 49.9% | 30.2% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 Weehawken High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #248 of 397 | #11 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #179 of 400 ▲ 89 | #8 of 21 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #196 of 395 ▲ 103 | #11 of 21 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #293 of 442 | #17 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #188 of 388 | #9 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #143 of 389 | #11 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.8% | #136 of 405 | #18 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.6% | #81 of 173 | #5 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
604
+69 (+13%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 604 | 50 | 12.1:1 | 53% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 49 | 12.0:1 | 27% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 49 | 11.6:1 | 42% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 48 | 11.2:1 | 44% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 47.2 | 11.6:1 | 35% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 48 | 11.2:1 | 57% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 41 | 12.6:1 | 54% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 45 | 10.7:1 | 55% (263) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 36 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weehawken High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (546 to 604); teachers up 6% (47.2 to 50).
About Weehawken High School
Weehawken High School is one of the public schools in WEEHAWKEN, New Jersey. It is a small high school. Federal data show 604 students enrolled in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. Across high schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 929.
Weehawken High School is one of the 3 schools that make up Weehawken Public School District (1,347 students in total).
The student body at Weehawken High School is 53% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% White, 6% Asian, and 5% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 41%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Weehawken High School comes to 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.1:1. That is in line with the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. Weehawken High School counts 53% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Weehawken High School outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.3% for Weehawken High School. The school posts 30.6%, 6.6 points below the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Hudson County, median household income comes to about $91,795, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 130 public schools and about 86,216 students.
The closest school to Weehawken High School is Union Hill Middle School, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Weehawken High School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 69 students, from 535 to 604.
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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 Weehawken Public School District
- Daniel Webster SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Theodore Roosevelt SchoolElementary · 337 students
Other schools in WEEHAWKEN
- Daniel Webster SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Theodore Roosevelt SchoolElementary · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Union Hill Middle School0.2 mi · 865
- Theodore Roosevelt School0.3 mi · 337
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School0.3 mi · 871
- George Washington Elementary School0.4 mi · 776
- Jefferson Elementary School0.4 mi · 272
- Public School Number Two0.6 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Weehawken High SchoolHow many students attend Weehawken High School?
Weehawken High School enrolls approximately 604 students in grades 07-12.
Is Weehawken High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Weehawken High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Weehawken High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Weehawken High School is approximately 12.1:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Weehawken High School?
Weehawken High School reports a student body of 34% White, 53% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Weehawken High School?
Weehawken High School is overseen by Weehawken Public School District in Hudson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.