Elysian Charter School of Hoboken, Hoboken NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Elysian Charter School of Hoboken

Elysian Charter School of Hoboken is a public charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade. It operates as its own district, a single-school entity independent of the Hoboken Public Schools. The school serves a modest enrollment across the elementary and middle grades, with roughly comparable class sizes at each grade level. The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller Hispanic share and a very small Black share, along with some Asian and multiracial students. A low share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Elysian sits in a dense, walkable urban setting on the Hudson River waterfront directly facing Manhattan. Hoboken has undergone a dramatic transformation from an industrial city to a residential community of upscale condominiums, restaurants, and shops, and its population has grown rapidly. The city is exceptionally compact, with a vibrant street life centered on Washington Street, and it has the highest per-capita public transit use in the country, anchored by Hoboken Terminal. Housing values in the zip code are well above national and state benchmarks, reflecting the premium on proximity to New York City. The city has invested heavily in flood resilience infrastructure since Hurricane Sandy, including a major resiliency park and a comprehensive water management strategy.

The school’s academic performance on New Jersey’s state assessments is a clear strength. In English language arts, proficiency rates across grades three through seven are strong, with several grades showing very high levels. The eighth-grade ELA rate drops noticeably, and a parent moving a child into the school for that final year may want to inquire further about the dip. In mathematics, proficiency rates across grades three through seven are also strong, and the school’s overall proficiency index, a mean of all reported subjects and grades, places Elysian in the top quartile among districts in Hudson County. Eighth-grade math results were suppressed by the state, so no figure is available for that grade. In science, the fifth-grade cohort shows a high proficiency rate, while the eighth-grade science rate falls to a softer level, a pattern worth noting.

Because Elysian is a K-8 school, there is no graduation rate to report. The school does not provide high school pathways of its own, so families planning for grades nine through twelve must look to other options. The school is a charter, meaning admission is by lottery and the school operates with a degree of autonomy from the local district. The public record shows no recent parent-relevant changes at the district level; the school’s operations appear stable.

The school environment data, including discipline, course access, staffing, and chronic absenteeism, was not available. These are meaningful gaps for a parent wanting to understand the day-to-day climate and whether the school provides a full range of supports and enrichment. The special education and English learner counts were also missing from the profile.

For a family weighing this option, the picture is one of a school that delivers solid academic results in the elementary and middle grades, particularly in literacy and math through seventh grade, in a high-cost urban setting where the housing market reflects the intense demand for this location. The charter structure means the school has its own governance and admissions process, separate from the local district. The later-grade science score and the eighth-grade ELA score are areas where a closer look is warranted. The school’s size is moderate and self-contained, with no high school component, so the decision is an eight-year commitment by design.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 388%

School 88% · District 88%

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 46 pts above county median

Grade 467%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 584%

School 84% · District 84%

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 50 pts above county median

Grade 674%

School 74% · District 74%

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

Grade 776%

School 76% · District 76%

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 376%

School 76% · District 76%

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 82%

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Grade 587%

School 87% · District 87%

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

Grade 677%

School 77% · District 77%

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 794%

School 94% · District 94%

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Grade 868%

School 68% · District 68%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Science

Grade 584%

School 84% · District 84%

▲ 57 pts above state median · ▲ 62 pts above county median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.