The Hudson School

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The Hudson School
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Location
The Hudson School
601 Park Avenue

,
07030

United States
Coordinates 40°44′39″N74°01′53″W / 40.7441°N 74.0315°W / 40.7441; -74.0315
Information
Type Private school
MottoCourage, Compassion, Commitment
Established1978
FounderSuellen Newman
NCES School ID02043847 [1]
Head of schoolRebekah Sollitto [2]
Faculty43.1 FTEs [1]
Grades pre-K12
Enrollment279 (as of 2024–25)
Student to teacher ratio4.3:1 [1]
Color(s)   Black & Gold
Team nameHudson Hornets
Tuition$25,660 (2022–23) [3]
Website thehudsonschool.org

The Hudson School is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational day school located in Hoboken, New Jersey, serving students in fifth through twelfth grades. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1991; [4] The school's accreditation status was extended for ten years in Fall 2018. [5] The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. [6]

Contents

In September 2023, an announcement was made that The Hudson School and the Mustard Seed School, with 93 students in grades PreK-8, would merge for the 2024–25 school year under the name of The Hudson School. The combined school would become the only independent PreK-12 school in Hudson County. As part of the plan, the Mustard Seed School building would serve the joint school's PreK-8 students while the existing facility of The Hudson School would serve grades 9-12. For the 2023–24 school year, the Hudson School Middle School moved into the fourth floor of Mustard Seed School. [7] [8]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 187 students and 43.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 4.3:1. The school's student body was 51.9% (97) White, 16.6% (31) Asian, 13.4% (25) two or more races, 10.2% (19) Black and 8.0% (15) Hispanic. [1]

History

The Hudson School was founded in fall 1978 by Suellen Newman, with the financial assistance of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, as an alternative to the available educational institutions in the local area. The school seeks to foster the Three C's ("courage, compassion and commitment") in its students, [9] who are admitted because "they demonstrate a love of learning and don't mind a bit of hard work." In 1992, a high school was opened, since there were few high schools in the area with strong humanities and arts programs that admitted girls. [10] The school moved to its current location in 2002.

Rankings

The Hudson School was ranked 26th on the list of the best private high schools in New Jersey by Niche, with an academic score of A+. [11]

Academics

Some of the courses offered include pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, precalculus, environmental science, chemistry, physics, English, physical education, American history, geography, art, renaissance history, ethics and aesthetics. Languages offered are Spanish, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, American Sign Language, Latin, and Greek.

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  15. Passafuime, Rocco. "Ezra Miller" Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , TheCinemaSource.com, September 8, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2011. "'The year, I left high school my insane British friend Quentin, he is both insane and British and he's been working in a union organization and very real radical causes from a very young age,' he remembers, 'The year I left he started a true reporting paper within my high school, the Hudson School, and it did actually go up against the blonde leader of the more popular school paper.'"
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