Hoboken Junior Senior High School 2023-24 Rankings - Bottom 20% of NJ High Schools in State Assessment Proficiency

 

Figure 1: USN&WR 2023-24 Ranking

US News and World Report recently released their 2023-24 High School rankings (see figure 1). Below is the ranking and data on Hoboken Junior Senior High School including AP exams, proficiency in math, reading, and science as well as graduation rate.

US News and World Report data also indicates that there are 46 full time equivalent teachers and a total of 458 students for a student teacher ratio of roughy 10:1.

Figure 2: USN&WR 2023-24 Ranking Factors 

In the State of New Jersey Assessment Proficiency Rank, Hoboken High School is ranked 321 out of 399 ranked NJ high schools placing the school in the bottom fifth of all NJ high schools (see Figure 2). 

Are there positive aspects in this year's rankings--- yes, there are some promising areas. But, what remains are inexplicable and extremely low state assessments in science, mathematics, and reading-- the core components of a 21st center education. 

HOLA RECEIVES the 2023 School Leader Award from the New Jersey School Boards Association

 

CONGRATULATIONS HoLa ! HoLa is the recipient of a 2023 School Leader Award from the New Jersey School Boards Association. HoLa received the award in recognition of launching the AP Spanish program in Middle School. HoLa is the first charter school in the state to receive this honor!

The NJSBA School Leader Award is awarded to a district based on the level of innovation and how well the program inspires student growth and development. The NJSBA is a state-created federation of public school boards, created in 1914 to provide governance, training and support for the over 580 public school districts in New Jersey. The HoLa leadership team will be receiving the award at a ceremony this fall and will be featured in the School Leader magazine later this year.

Regular readers will recall that Superintendent Raslowsky and I originally proposed that HOLA be in the Hoboken Public School District. Unfortunately, our decision was voted down by the Hoboken Board of Education in February of 2009. Since that time, Hola has become the premier public school not only in Hoboken but in most of Hudson County and the State of New Jersey- especially in the area of dual language education.

At that February 2009 meeting, the Hoboken Board of Education voted on the Hola dual-language immersion program as follows:

Jimmy Farina -- no
Carmello Garcia -- yes
Theresa Minutillo -- no
Rose Marie Markle - no 
Carrie Gilliard - no "We cannot afford to do this - we're going to hurt our children that are here right now."
Frank Raia -- yes
Frances Rhodes-Kearns -- yes
Phil DeFalco was absent

"Hoboken cannot afford a trendy new program where it is wanted but not needed," said Jean Marie Mitchell, a former Board member and president of Calabro PTA.