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Public School Number Two

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Public School Number Two ranks 764 th of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

764^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 43% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Public School Number Two is an elementary school in West New York, New Jersey, serving students from kindergarten to 6th grade as part of the West New York School District. The school consistently outperforms the district average in English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency, with 50.7% of 5th-grade students proficient or better in ELA compared to 47.3% for the district, and 52.3% of 3rd-grade students proficient or better in Mathematics compared to 40.4% for the district.

Public School Number Two has maintained a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past 5 years, placing it in the top half of New Jersey elementary schools. The school performs particularly well with Hispanic students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, ranking in the top 30-40% of the state for these subgroups. However, the school struggles with special education students, ranking in the bottom 40-50% of the state. Additionally, Public School Number Two has experienced relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.9% to 20% over the past 3 years, which is higher than the state average.

When compared to other schools in the West New York School District, such as Harry L Bain, Public School Number One, and Public School Number Five, Public School Number Two generally outperforms them. However, when compared to schools in neighboring districts, such as George Washington Elementary School in Union City and Anna L. Klein in Guttenberg, Public School Number Two's performance is more mixed.

621

Students ?

12.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,439

Per pupil spending ?

76.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5200 Broadway
West New York, NJ 07093-2638

(201) 553-4040

District: West New York School District

Students who attend Public School Number Two usually attend:

Middle:	West New York Middle School
High:	Memorial High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

85.7%

White:

6.6%

Asian:

4.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 38th percentile in 2015 → 43rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2015

✓Among the top-ranked schools in West New York School District

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school42%

District avg37%

New Jersey avg46%

764^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 43%▲ up 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 38% (2015) to bottom 43% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 6Elementary Schools in the West New York School District

472^nd of 609West New York School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	43.5	764 of 1347	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.5	815 of 1338	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.7	782 of 1342	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.3	918 of 1345	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	19.2	1036 of 1317	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	46.0	772 of 1360	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.1	951 of 1353	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	46.1	781 of 1352	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2016	50.3	721 of 1346	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2015	40.4	838 of 1357	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2014	47.6	853 of 1363	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2013	40.4	942 of 1367	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2012	50.8	815 of 1363	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2011	44.6	911 of 1360	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2010	56.4	727 of 1354	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2009	57.5	696 of 1346	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2008	62.7	624 of 1338	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2007	43.8	942 of 1329	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	42.3	927 of 1314	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	46.8	863 of 1303	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2004	52.8	775 of 1298	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2003	39.5	840 of 1204	30.2%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	40.9	314 of 597	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.5	312 of 559	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.7	202 of 499	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	36.8	275 of 489	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	21.3	373 of 411	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	42.7	238 of 463	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.8	215 of 434	50.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	48.0	685 of 1326	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.1	698 of 1317	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.5	710 of 1318	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.9	847 of 1326	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	18.1	1072 of 1290	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.2	809 of 1331	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.3	904 of 1333	32.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	60.5	341 of 1032	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.4	372 of 989	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.4	312 of 982	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.6	395 of 953	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	36.5	571 of 896	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	56.8	337 of 899	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.0	361 of 870	58.5%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	67.8	239 of 1023	76.6%	★★★★☆
2024	70.2	188 of 939	80.0%	★★★★☆
2023	69.9	187 of 910	79.5%	★★★★☆
2022	59.9	272 of 863	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	37.4	527 of 839	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	75.2	147 of 948	84.5%	★★★★☆
2018	60.2	312 of 942	66.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	40.6	768 of 1318	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.5	851 of 1313	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.6	767 of 1315	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.0	884 of 1324	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	22.7	943 of 1297	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	51.4	675 of 1335	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.1	899 of 1334	32.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	24.5	763 of 1023	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.5	643 of 989	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.6	610 of 958	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.1	747 of 949	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.6	692 of 868	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.4	581 of 1007	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.4	566 of 1001	43.5%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)77th percentile+33 vs school

Hispanic (2025)67th percentile+24 vs school

Female (2025)48th percentile+5 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)47th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)42nd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)25th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts47%-5 vs state

Mathematics42%-3 vs state

Science26%-4 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, February 9, 2018

The schools main office staff are very poorly in profession. They are rude, unprofessional, disrespectful like they are being forced to work there. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						NJSLA Algebra I (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Public School Number Two	Public	K-6	5200 Broadway	West New York	07093	Hudson County	West New York School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 553-4040	621	48	12.8	76.7%	41 (6.6%)	14 (2.3%)	532 (85.7%)	29 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	43.5	764^th of 1347 public elementary schools	43.3%		38.5	815^th of 1338 public elementary schools	39.1%	51	25.9		45.1	48.9	50.7	44.0			52.3	40.7	43.6	31.0					$9,439	$588	$8,851
Public School Number Five	Public	K-6	5401 Hudson Ave	West New York	07093	Hudson County	West New York School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 553-4080	570	40	14.1	94.2%	16 (2.8%)	4 (0.7%)	549 (96.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28.8	975^th of 1347 public elementary schools	27.6%		31.1	925^th of 1338 public elementary schools	30.9%	50	13.2		23.7	49.3	43.7	45.2			43.0	30.8	29.4	24.0					$9,084	$708	$8,376
Theodore Roosevelt School	Public	3-6	1 Louisa Place	Weehawken	07086	Hudson County	Weehawken Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 422-6140	337	38	8.9	49.0%	138 (40.9%)	18 (5.3%)	146 (43.3%)	28 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	54.5	623^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	53.7%		40.9	783^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	41.5%	160	25.2		58.9	59.4	69.0	82.5			42.4	42.1	29.8	36.8					$5,045	$563	$4,482
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	4507 Hudson Ave	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5971	871	57	15.2	92.1%	25 (2.9%)	14 (1.6%)	823 (94.5%)	9 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46	724^th of 1347 public elementary schools	46.3%		47.3	707^th of 1338 public elementary schools	47.2%	17	20.6		35.5	57.1	53.8	63.9			43.8	31.8	42.6	47.2					$9,355	$562	$8,793
Public School Number Three	Public	K-6	600 55th St	West New York	07093	Hudson County	West New York School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 553-4060	506	46	11.0	90.1%	24 (4.7%)	2 (0.4%)	472 (93.3%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	33.6	899^th of 1347 public elementary schools	33.3%		30.6	937^th of 1338 public elementary schools	30.0%	38	24.6		34.2	41.8	51.7	47.8			42.5	23.5	37.7	28.0					$10,735	$581	$10,154
Harry L Bain	Public	K-6	6200 Broadway	West New York	07093	Hudson County	West New York School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 553-4095	599	38	15.5	86.0%	17 (2.8%)	8 (1.3%)	567 (94.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	36.3	869^th of 1347 public elementary schools	35.5%		28.3	965^th of 1338 public elementary schools	27.9%	96	23.6		23.3	45.7	46.3	67.2			27.5	45.3	42.4	23.5					$9,700	$617	$9,083
Public School Number One	Public	K-6	6129 Madison St	West New York	07093	Hudson County	West New York School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 553-4025	758	58	12.9	92.1%	12 (1.6%)	4 (0.5%)	737 (97.2%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	31.1	940^th of 1347 public elementary schools	30.2%		26.7	983^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	26.5%	43	22.0		24.3	47.1	44.5	42.4			41.7	39.3	31.2	21.3					$9,104	$608	$8,496
George Washington Elementary School	Public	K-6	3905 New York Ave	Union City	07087	Hudson County	Union City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 348-5829	776	55	14.1	82.0%	9 (1.2%)	10 (1.3%)	750 (96.6%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32.6	917^th of 1347 public elementary schools	31.9%		31.4	922^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	31.1%	5	16.5		23.3	37.1	52.3	61.4			30.1	37.5	28.7	24.8					$10,431	$615	$9,816
Albio Sires Elementary School	Public	K-6	6300 Palisade Ave	West New York	07093	Hudson County	West New York School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 553-4070	518	46	11.2	88.2%	16 (3.1%)	4 (0.8%)	484 (93.4%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	36.5	864^th of 1347 public elementary schools	35.9%		32.2	913^th of 1338 public elementary schools	31.8%	49	23.1		25.0	49.4	48.3	39.0			35.4	45.4	41.8	33.4					$11,238	$646	$10,592
Anna L. Klein	Public	PK, KG-8	301 69th St	Guttenberg	07093	Hudson County	Guttenberg School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 861-3100	977	95	10.3	82.8%	60 (6.1%)	5 (0.5%)	886 (90.7%)	18 (1.8%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	28.6	977^th of 1347 public elementary schools	27.5%		17.2	1112^th of 1338 public elementary schools	16.9%	135	15.2	9.7	33.7	39.8	32.8	54.8	59.4	62.7	41.0	30.6	33.4	21.7	28.3	20.2	88.0	88.0	$11,321	$1,432	$9,889

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