Violence, drugs and bullying in all NJ schools: Hudson County

Public schools in Hudson County last year bucked the statewide trend by reporting fewer incidents of drugs, violence and bullying compared to the year before the pandemic.

Hudson County schools reported 56% fewer drug incidents in the 2021-22 school year than in the 2018-19 school year, a New Jersey 101.5 analysis of Department of Education data shows.

Incidents of violence fell by 22% while bullying incidents fell by 14%.

At the same time, schools in New Jersey have been recording an annual decline in enrollment.

In the county, the school with the highest rate of all incidents was Kearny High School.

The data is based on the annual School Performance Reports for the 2021-22 school year. All the schools in the county are listed below listed alphabetically in order of school district.

Hudson County schools — Bullying, violence and drug rates

Bayonne Alternative High School
Bayonne School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.46 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.91 — (Total incidents: 2)


Bayonne High School
Bayonne School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.70 — (Total incidents: 16)
Drug rate: 0.66 — (Total incidents: 15)


Henry E. Harris Community School
Bayonne School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.31 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 01.10 — (Total incidents: 7)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Horace Mann Community School
Bayonne School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.84 — (Total incidents: 5)
Violence rate: 0.84 — (Total incidents: 5)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


John M. Bailey Community School
Bayonne School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.62 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 03.56 — (Total incidents: 23)
Drug rate: 0.15 — (Total incidents: 1)


Lincoln Community School #5
Bayonne School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.21 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.42 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.21 — (Total incidents: 1)


Mary J Donohoe Community School
Bayonne School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.65 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.22 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Nicholas Oresko Community School
Bayonne School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.51 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.25 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Philip G. Vroom Community School
Bayonne School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.21 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.63 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Walter F. Robinson Community School
Bayonne School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.23 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.45 — (Total incidents: 4)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Washington Community School #9
Bayonne School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.32 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.79 — (Total incidents: 5)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


William Shemin Midtown Community School #8
Bayonne School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 01.18 — (Total incidents: 14)
Violence rate: 01.27 — (Total incidents: 15)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Woodrow Wilson Community School
Bayonne School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.27 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


East Newark Middle School
East Newark School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Anna L. Klein
Guttenberg School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 01.04 — (Total incidents: 10)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.10 — (Total incidents: 1)


Hamilton Intermediate School
Harrison Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 01.42 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Harrison High School
Harrison Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.70 — (Total incidents: 5)
Violence rate: 01.40 — (Total incidents: 10)
Drug rate: 01.26 — (Total incidents: 9)


Lincoln Elementary School
Harrison Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Washington Middle School
Harrison Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.62 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 01.46 — (Total incidents: 7)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Hoboken Middle School
Hoboken Public School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 01.35 — (Total incidents: 5)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


County Prep High School
Hudson County Schools of Technology School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.11 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.42 — (Total incidents: 4)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


High Tech High School
Hudson County Schools of Technology School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.10 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.10 — (Total incidents: 1)


Alexander D. Sullivan School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.32 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.16 — (Total incidents: 1)


Alfred Zampella School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.54 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.14 — (Total incidents: 1)


Chaplain Charles Watters School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.54 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.41 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 0.54 — (Total incidents: 4)


Charles E. Trefurt School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.44 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Dr Ronald McNair High School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.15 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.15 — (Total incidents: 1)


Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.68 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.34 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.16 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Dr. Michael Conti School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.31 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.15 — (Total incidents: 1)


Dr. Paul Rafalides School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.56 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Ezra L. Nolan School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.71 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.35 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Frank R Conwell School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.19 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Franklin L. Williams School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.67 — (Total incidents: 6)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.45 — (Total incidents: 4)


Gladys Nunery School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.38 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Henry Snyder High School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Infinity Institute
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 01.32 — (Total incidents: 6)
Violence rate: 0.66 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 0.22 — (Total incidents: 1)


Innovation High School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.72 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.36 — (Total incidents: 1)


James F. Murray School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.13 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.13 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


James J Ferris High School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.38 — (Total incidents: 5)
Violence rate: 0.08 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.46 — (Total incidents: 6)


Joseph H. Brensinger School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.38 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.10 — (Total incidents: 1)


Jotham W. Wakeman School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.18 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Julia A. Barnes School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Liberty High School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Lincoln High School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.58 — (Total incidents: 5)
Violence rate: 0.35 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 0.12 — (Total incidents: 1)


Mahatma K. Gandhi School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.59 — (Total incidents: 6)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Martin Center for the Arts
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.23 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Martin Luther King, Jr. School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.25 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.25 — (Total incidents: 2)


Middle School # 4
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.45 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.30 — (Total incidents: 2)


Nicolaus Copernicus School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 01.23 — (Total incidents: 7)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Ollie Culbreth, Jr. School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.25 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.50 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.25 — (Total incidents: 1)


President Barack Obama Elementary School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.25 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Rafael Cordero y Molina
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.28 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Whitney M. Young, Jr. School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 01.62 — (Total incidents: 11)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


William L Dickinson High School
Jersey City Public Schools
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.10 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.10 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.05 — (Total incidents: 1)


Franklin Elementary School
Kearny
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 01.33 — (Total incidents: 12)
Violence rate: 01.33 — (Total incidents: 12)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Garfield Elementary School
Kearny
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.65 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Kearny High School
Kearny
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.12 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 02.61 — (Total incidents: 45)
Drug rate: 01.74 — (Total incidents: 30)


Lincoln Middle School
Kearny
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 01.91 — (Total incidents: 15)
Violence rate: 0.51 — (Total incidents: 4)
Drug rate: 0.51 — (Total incidents: 4)


Schuyler Elementary School
Kearny
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.71 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Washington Elementary School
Kearny
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.20 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Franklin Elementary School
North Bergen School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.36 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.18 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.18 — (Total incidents: 1)


Horace Mann Elementary School
North Bergen School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.10 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


John F Kennedy Elementary School
North Bergen School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.17 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Lincoln Elementary School
North Bergen School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.07 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.22 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


McKinley Elementary School
North Bergen School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.31 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


North Bergen High School
North Bergen School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.34 — (Total incidents: 8)
Violence rate: 0.94 — (Total incidents: 22)
Drug rate: 01.07 — (Total incidents: 25)


Polk Street School
North Bergen School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.39 — (Total incidents: 1)


Robert Fulton Elementary School
North Bergen School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.23 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Clarendon School
Secaucus School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Huber Street School
Secaucus School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.80 — (Total incidents: 5)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Secaucus High School
Secaucus School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.51 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.51 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Secaucus Middle School
Secaucus School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.81 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.20 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


George Washington Elementary School
Union City School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.13 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Jefferson Elementary School
Union City School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.33 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Robert Waters Elementary School
Union City School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.10 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Union City High School
Union City School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.03 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Union Hill Middle School
Union City School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 01.46 — (Total incidents: 12)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Daniel Webster School
Weehawken Public School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.26 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Theodore Roosevelt School
Weehawken Public School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.86 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Weehawken High School
Weehawken Public School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 01.41 — (Total incidents: 8)
Violence rate: 01.94 — (Total incidents: 11)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Albio Sires Elementary School
West New York School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Harry L Bain
West New York School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.31 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Memorial High School
West New York School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.05 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.77 — (Total incidents: 17)
Drug rate: 0.59 — (Total incidents: 13)


Public School Number One
West New York School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.25 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Public School Number Two
West New York School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.16 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.16 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


Robert Menendez Elementary School
West New York School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.37 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.37 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)


West New York Middle School
West New York School District
(Hudson)
Bullying rate: 0.53 — (Total incidents: 6)
Violence rate: 0.18 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.62 — (Total incidents: 7)