Theodore Roosevelt School, Weehawken NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Theodore Roosevelt School

Theodore Roosevelt School serves grades three through six in Weehawken, a densely built Hudson County township perched on the Palisades directly across from Midtown Manhattan. The school sits within the Weehawken Public School District and is a regular public elementary school, one of the district’s buildings for upper elementary students. The enrollment is moderate for this grade band, and the student body is diverse: Hispanic students make up the largest share, followed by a substantial white population, with smaller Asian and Black groups. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share that is lower than in many nearby districts.

In English language arts, performance on the state assessment is generally strong and climbs by grade level. The third and fourth graders post proficiency rates that are solid, the fifth graders reach a notably higher level, and by sixth grade a large majority of students meet the proficient-or-above bar. This upward trajectory is unusual and signals that the school is building literacy skills effectively as students move through the grades. Math results are more uneven. Third and fourth graders land near the midpoint of proficiency, while fifth graders show a dip and sixth graders recover somewhat. A parent looking at the math trend may want to ask the school how it supports the transition year in fifth grade, where the drop is most visible. Science results are available only for fifth graders, and the proficiency rate there is modest; because New Jersey’s science assessment uses a different cut-score definition than ELA and math, the figure is not directly comparable to the other subjects, but the share reaching proficiency is lower than what the school achieves in literacy.

The school has no high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report, and data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, and staffing were not available in the sources provided. The district’s recent public record shows routine budget votes and basic operational updates; no major program launches or structural changes appeared in the research. Weehawken itself is a small, very dense township with a constrained land area of roughly a single square mile, and its population has grown steadily in recent years. The waterfront has been redeveloped since the 1990s for commercial, recreational, and residential use, and the town’s zoning restricts high-rise construction that would block the famous Hudson River views from the Palisades. Housing costs reflect the location: home values are well above national benchmarks, and rents are high, consistent with the township’s position as a commuter suburb just minutes from Manhattan by bus or ferry.

The school’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it above the midpoint among districts in Hudson County, which is a meaningful position given that the county includes a mix of wealthier and poorer communities. The strength in reading, especially by the upper elementary years, is the clearest academic asset. For families weighing this school, the fit is likely best for those who value strong literacy outcomes, a diverse and urban-adjacent community, and a compact elementary program that feeds into the district’s middle and high schools. The math and science numbers are softer, and a parent with a child who struggles in those subjects may want to understand what interventions or enrichment are available. The absence of public data on special education and English learner populations is a gap; a family with a child who has an IEP or is learning English should ask the school directly about supports. Theodore Roosevelt is a regular neighborhood school in a growing, high-cost Hudson River town, and its academic profile is led by a clear and rising pattern of reading proficiency.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 530%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 637%

School 37% · District 37%

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

English language arts

Grade 359%

School 59% · District 59%

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

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 59%

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

Grade 569%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 683%

School 83% · District 83%

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Science

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

This schoolWeehawken Public School District, same grade

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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income38%Higher-income80%42 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income49%Higher-income69%21 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income57%Higher-income84%28 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income68%Higher-income95%27 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income28%Higher-income58%30 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income22%Higher-income60%38 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income20%Higher-income42%22 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income24%Higher-income48%24 pp gap