Hoboken Schools

Jul 25

Public schools

Public schools have to follow the curriculums and guidelines set by the school districts, following state and national standards. The schools has to follow evaluation standards established by the state and are obliged to participate in the statewide tests and disclose their results. They are operating with the public funding so the education is free.

Public schools are open to all students living within the school district.

Early Childhood Learning Center at Calabro

Grades K-3rd
524 Park Avenue, Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-356-3602

Hoboken High School

Grades 9-12th
GreatSchool.org rating 2/10
800 Clinton Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-356-3700

Hoboken Middle School

Grades 7 - 8th
GreatSchool.org rating 2/10
158 Fourth Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-356-3750

Joseph F. Brandt Elementary School

Grades PK-K
GreatSchool.org rating 7/10
215 Ninth Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-356-3690

Thomas G. Connors

Pre K - 6th
GreatSchool.org rating 4/10
201 Monroe Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-356-3680

Wallance Elementary School

Grades pre K - 6th
GreatSchools.org rating 4/10
1100 Willow Avenue, Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-356-3650

Charter Schools

Charter schools operates like a hybrid of public schools and private schools. They are publicly funded but run independently from the school districts. It is governed by an independent board of trustees, draws up its own curriculums and rules of operation, and is held accountable.

Even though the admission is open to all and not limited to students within Hoboken school district, yet admission is lottery based. In the lottery procedure, students with currently enrolled siblings have higher priority and then students living in Hoboken. Each charter school has a very limited openings but receives more than ten times applications. the 2018-2019 school year, HoLa 582 received applicants but only had 44 potential open spots. Out of 44 openings, 19 of which will be filled by students with siblings currently enrolled in HoLa.

Elysian Charter School

Grades K - 8th
GreatSchools.org rating 7/10
Lottery Process
1460 Garden St, Hoboken, NJ 07030
(201) 876-0102

Hoboken Dual Language Charter School

Grades K - 8th
GreatSchools.org rating 7/10
Lottery Process
123 Jefferson Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030
(201)-427-1458

Hoboken Charter School

Grades K - 12th
GreatSchools.org rating 5/10
Lottery Process
Lower and Middle School, 713 Washington St, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 201-963-0222
Upper School, 360 First St, 2nd Floor, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 201-963-3280

Private schools

Private schools sometimes are preferred by parents. Private schools operate on their own funding, coming from parents through tuition, grants, donations, and etc.. They usually offers smaller class sizes. They offer a more flexible curriculum, including extracurricular activities, International Baccalaureate programs, Advanced Placement courses, and gifted programs. Tuition can be expensive and some religious schools could be cheaper because of extra funding from religious organizations.

We have the impression that private school students score higher on standardized tests and college entrance exams. Statistics on private schools are not as complete as public schools. They are not subject to the disclosure requirements that public schools comply to.

Private schools can be very selective. Private schools are not required to accept every child and often require extensive applications that involve interviews, essays, and testing. For example, they could choose students not only based on their academic achievement but also their ethnicity, gender, and religion or special attributes of their parents.

All Saints Episcopal Day School