Colin Powell Elementary School

Regular School · Union City, NJ

Colin Powell Elementary School is a regular school school in Union City, New Jersey, serving grades KG–05 with 692 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

KG – 05

Enrollment

692

Teachers (FTE)

52.0

Student–Teacher Ratio

13.3:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
Hispanic/Latino	658	95%
Asian	14	2%
Black or African American	12	2%
White	8	1%
Total enrollment	692	336M / 356F

English Language Learners: 287 (41% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	10.0% -15.6pp	25.6%	451
Reading Proficiency	30.0% -16.8pp	46.8%	448
Science Proficiency	10-14%	—	150

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)

+0.14 grade levels

Math

-0.01 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

None offered

Out-of-School Suspensions

0.3% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

0.1% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	692	100%

Contact & Location

1500 New York Avenue

Union City, NJ 07087

Phone: (201)351-5165

http://cpowell.ucboe.us/

District

Union City School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $32,975

District enrollment: 11,590

Other Schools in District

Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education Elementary
George Washington Elementary School Elementary
Hudson Elementary School Elementary
Jefferson Elementary School Elementary
Robert Waters Elementary School Elementary
Sara M. Gilmore Academy Elementary
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School Elementary
Thomas A Edison Elementary School Elementary

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 07087) → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey population & income data → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

341638003215

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD