NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Hoboken, NJ

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8 public K-12 schools in Hoboken from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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8
Schools
3,756
Students
50.1/100
Avg Resource Index
13.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Hoboken has more public-school enrollment than 40% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Hoboken lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Hoboken's 8 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Governance mix is central to a fair comparison

3 of 8 listed Hoboken campuses are reported as charters, so district-run and charter records occupy substantial shares of the same city view. They may follow different governance, enrollment, and program structures even when their mailing city matches. The 34-point gap between Hoboken Charter School and Hoboken Dual Language Charter School should be read within that context, not as a single-system league table. Check charter status and district affiliation before comparing two nearby schools, and verify current admissions rules with the operator.

City enrollment
Top 60%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
87th percentile
Teacher staffing
73rd percentile

Hoboken High School accounts for 17.4% of all Hoboken public-school enrollment

That concentration means Hoboken-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hoboken school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities

Hoboken school enrollment ranges from 292 students (lowest) to 652 students (highest), a spread of 360 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hoboken student-teacher ratio is 13.5:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

3 of Hoboken's 8 listed schools are charters

38% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Hoboken Charter School 65
2. Thomas G. Connors Elementary School 60
3. Hoboken Middle School 54
4. Wallace Elementary School 52
5. Joseph F Brandt Elementary School 51
6. Hoboken High School 47
7. Elysian Charter School of Hoboken 41
8. Hoboken Dual Language Charter School 31

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Hoboken

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Thomas G. Connors Elementary School 69.1/100
  2. 2 Hoboken Middle School 66.7/100
  3. 3 Hoboken High School 65.9/100
  4. 4 Hoboken Charter School 65.4/100
  5. 5 Hoboken Dual Language Charter School 63.5/100

What do families ask about schools in Hoboken?

Which Hoboken school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Hoboken Charter School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hoboken schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Hoboken, NJ? ▼

Hoboken has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,756 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.