📍 3400 Palisade Avenue, Union City, Hudson County, 07087
Jefferson Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Union City, Hudson County. The school has 302 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Union City School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls 302 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Hispanic or Latino, 4.6% White and 3.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 272 | 90% |
| White | 14 | 4.6% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 6 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
252 of the school's 302 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 218 qualify for free lunch and 34 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Jefferson Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ-80, state senate district 33, state house district 33.
Jefferson Elementary School is one of 14 schools in Union City School District, based in Union City, New Jersey. The district serves 12,764 students district-wide and employs 858 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 302 students, Jefferson Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 912 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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