Hoboken Public Schools

Infobox School District
name = Hoboken Public Schools
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grades = K - 12
superintendent = John Raslowsky, II
students = 1,900 (as of 2005-06)
teachers = 201.2 (on an FTE basis)
location = 1115 Clinton Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
contact number = 201-356-3601
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Hoboken Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district located in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States, that serves children in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Hoboken Public Schools serves the city of Hoboken. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide. [ [http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/abbotts/abbotturls.pl?string=code&maxhits=100 Abbott Districts] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 1,900 students and 201.2 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 9.4. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3407350&DistrictID=3407350 District information for the Hoboken Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 7, 2008.]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program. [ [http://www.state.nj.us/education/choice/districts/index.html Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education. [ [http://www.state.nj.us/education/choice/genfo.htm Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.]

Demographics

With many non-Hispanic whites attending private schools, the demographics of the public school system are significantly different from the community at large. In the 1990s, Hispanic residents were 30% of Hoboken's population, but accounted for 65% of the school district's students, while the 62% of city's non-Hispanic whites represented 20% of district enrollment. [Nieves, Evelyn. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E7DD1E3CF936A35754C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all "Hoboken: Having It All, Then Leaving It"] , "The New York Times", July 5, 1994. Accessed August 7, 2008. "Hispanic residents, 30 percent of the population, provide 65 percent of the students. Non-Hispanic whites, 62 percent of the population, account for roughly 20 percent of the schools' enrollment."] By the 2005-06 school year, Hoboken High School's student body was 68% Hispanic, almost 20% Black and 12% non-Hispanic White, while the 2000 Census showed that the community as a whole was 20.2% Hispanic, 4.3% Black and 70.5% non-Hispanic White; Asians represented just short of 5% of Hoboken's population in 2000, but accounted for only 7 of Hoboken High School's 621 students, just over 1.1%. [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407350&ID=340735002746 Data for Hoboken High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 7, 2008.] [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US3432250&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-_sse=on Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000, for Hoboken city, New Jersey] , 2000 United States Census. Accessed August 7, 2008.]

chools

Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407350 Data for the Hoboken Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 19, 2008.] ) are:

;Elementary schools (K-5)
* [http://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/CAL/calhmpg.htm Calabro Primary School] (125 students)
* [http://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/CONNORS/conhmpg.htm Connors Primary School] (237)
* [http://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/WAL/walhmpg.htm Wallace Primary School] (499)

;Middle schools (6-8)
* [http://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/BRA/brahmpg.htm Joseph F. Brandt Middle School] (233)
* A. J. Demarest Middle School (185)

;High school (9-12)
* Hoboken High School (621)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [ [http://liberty.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/directory/directory1.pl?string=co_code17&maxhits=1000 New Jersey School Directory for Hudson County] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 7, 2008.]
*John Raslowsky, II - Superintendent of Schools [ [http://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/index.php?q=node/63 Office of the Superintendent of Schools] , Hoboken Board of Education. Accessed August 7, 2008.]
*David Anthony - Business Administrator / Board Secretary [ [http://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/index.php?q=directory/board Board of Education Members] , Hoboken Board of Education. Accessed August 7, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/ Hoboken Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|17|2210|0|Hoboken Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407350 Data for the Hoboken Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics