HUDSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 215 HARRY HOWARD AVE, in HUDSON, New York, HUDSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a modestly sized intermediate school that serves 340 students (grades 6 through 8), run under HUDSON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 36% leaner than typical.

HUDSON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,522 students. HUDSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, HUDSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 18% Black, 17% multiracial, 10% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Columbia County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, HUDSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.7%; HUDSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL posts 30.6%, -19.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Columbia County shows the typical household earns roughly $81,528 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. HUDSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 17 public schools in Columbia County (combined enrollment of about 6,006 students).

The closest other public school is HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around HUDSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HUDSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. HUDSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 379 (now 340). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 46% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

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