Hoboken Charter School is a K-12 charter school in Hoboken, in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 299 students and 22.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1. There were 50 students (16.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (1.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Hoboken Charter School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
History On January 15, 1997, Leo Klagholz, the New Jersey Commissioner of Education, enacted the school's charter. The school opened in 1997 with classes in the Demarest Building and had its charter extended for five years in 2001."Four years in Hoboken Charter School achieves goals despite many challenges", The Hudson Reporter, December 7, 2001. Accessed April 5, 2022. "In the mile square city, the Hoboken Charter School (HCS), a preK-12 school, has entered its fourth year of operation. It’s one of the original 17 charter schools in the state, and the school’s coordinators said this week that in their first four years, the successes far outweighed the challenges.... This week the state Department of Education was at the HCS and extended its charter for an additional five years.... The school opened its doors in 1997 after parents who wanted an alternative to Hoboken’s public schools began meeting to put it together." In 2010, the school moved its K-8 students into the former Academy of the Sacred Heart building.
In 2012, the K-8 building was hit by a fire categorized as three alarms; it would be unavailable until September 2013. The former St. Anne's School (of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark) in Jersey City Heights was the temporary class location. Additionally Hurricane Sandy in late 2012 had disrupted operations of the school.
In 2013 Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education in the Obama administration, released a YouTube video praising the school.
Athletics The Hoboken Charter High School CougarsHoboken Charter High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete independently in interscholastic sports under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
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External links Hoboken Charter School