What Weehawken Township School District does

Weehawken Township School District (WTSD) is a public K-12 school district chartered under the New Jersey Department of Education, serving PreK through grade 12 residents of Weehawken Township in Hudson County, New Jersey. The district operates three school campuses: Daniel Webster School (PreK-2), Theodore Roosevelt School (3-6), and Weehawken High School (9-12), with the district headquarters co-located at the high school at 53 Liberty Place. WTSD offers a comprehensive academic portfolio that includes AP Capstone, dual enrollment with local colleges, an Aviation Program, a culinary pathway, and an award-winning marching band and athletics program, alongside standard student services: ESL, gifted and talented, special services, mental health support, before/after care through Apollo, and free/reduced meal programs.

The district's technology stack is built on standard K-12 SaaS: Google Workspace for Education and Chromebooks for instruction, Realtime SIS for the parent portal, Naviance for college and career planning, Rubicon Atlas for curriculum management, RightSpot for real-time student transportation tracking, Hazel Health for telehealth, Hibster for HIB reporting, and Edlio as the district CMS. There is no proprietary AI/ML capability in the stack; differentiated features are operational rather than algorithmic. The district operates within the Future-Ready Schools framework, certified consecutively in 2017 and 2018.

WTSD does not generate commercial revenue. Funding flows from local property taxes and New Jersey state education aid, supplemented by nominal fees for optional programs (Apollo after-care, summer enrichment, select extracurriculars, parking). Enrollment is geographically restricted to Weehawken Township residents via a registration process; no tuition is charged to in-district families. Governance rests with an elected Board of Education led by Superintendent Eric Crespo (appointed July 2019). Notable recognition includes Niche.com Top 100 School Districts in NJ, US News #56 for Weehawken High School, and 2019 Niche.com #1 District in Hudson County (Best Place to Teach and Best Teachers in Hudson County).

Name

Weehawken Township School District

Legal name

Weehawken Township School District

Website

https://weehawkenschools.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Weehawken Township School District is a New Jersey public K-12 district operating three schools (PreK-12) for Weehawken Township residents, funded by local property taxes and state aid with no tuition charged to families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Elementary secondary schools
• Student information systems
• After school programs
• Special education services

Headquarters

HQ city

Weehawken

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Weehawken Township School District is a public K-12 school system operating three schools — Daniel Webster School (PreK-2), Theodore Roosevelt School (Grades 3-6), and Weehawken High School (Grades 9-12) — providing free public education to resident students. Core offerings include standard academic curriculum, AP Capstone and Dual Enrollment college-level coursework, ESL, Gifted and Talented, Special Services, mental health support, free/reduced meals, before/after-school care via the Apollo program, and extracurricular activities such as athletics, marching band, and theater.

Product overview

Weehawken Township School District operates as a comprehensive K-12 public school system serving Weehawken, New Jersey. The district's product portfolio centers on three school communities: Daniel Webster School (PreK-2), Theodore Roosevelt School (3-6), and Weehawken High School (9-12). The district's digital infrastructure includes the Edlio-powered website serving as the central platform, the Friday Parent Portal connected to Realtime SIS for family access to student data, Google Workspace for Education for classroom learning, RightSpot for transportation tracking, Rubicon Atlas for curriculum management, and Naviance for college readiness. Specialized programs include AP Capstone, ESL services, Gifted and Talented enrichment, the Apollo after-school program, and the W.I.S.E. program for student support. A Hazel Health partnership extends health services to students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Daniel Webster School

Quantifiable outcome

• WHS Marching Band won State Championship in 2019 and was named Top 21 in NJ and #1 in Hudson County by NJ.com.
• +5 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hazel HealthcoreTechnology or Integration · 29 March 2024Hazel Health provides virtual health (telehealth) services for students through the WTSD Medical Department, offering accessible healthcare support for district students.
• Weehawken Whole FoodsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 July 2019WTSD partnered with the new Weehawken Whole Foods store, which donated 5% of a day's sales to benefit WHS student-chefs in the district's culinary program.
• SYTA Youth FoundationminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 March 2016The SYTA Youth Foundation (School & Youth Tour Operators Association) donated Broadway tickets to Roosevelt School ESL students to see The Lion King, with lunch provided at the Hard Rock Cafe. Mrs. Sheelagh Wylie, a TRS parent, sits on the SYTA Foundation board of trustees and facilitated the connection.
• VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe VFW partners with the Weehawken School District to collect items for military care packages to send to military personnel serving overseas. The district has conducted annual Military Care Package Drives in collaboration with the local VFW.
• PerformCareminorOthersPerformCare is referenced as a resource for families across New Jersey providing Behavioral Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disability Services, and Substance Use Treatment information. The district links to PerformCare as a parent resource for mental health and support services.
• Weehawken Township Recreation DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe district partners with the Weehawken Township Recreation Department to coordinate before/after school care, summer programs, and community recreational activities for students and families.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Jersey City Public Schools: Larger Hudson County public K-12 district operating many more schools across Jersey City. Comparable regulatory and funding environment, but materially larger scale.

Others

• Edlio: Website CMS vendor used by WTSD for its district website. Relevant ecosystem participant supplying digital infrastructure, not a district peer but a comparable enabling technology relationship.

Direct peers

• Kearny School District: Hudson County public K-12 district operating across multiple school buildings in a similar urban-suburban New Jersey setting. Comparable governance and funding structure.
• West New York School District: Hudson County public K-12 district operating multiple schools for a dense, diverse urban township population. Closely comparable in mission, regulatory environment, and student demographics.
• North Bergen School District: Hudson County public K-12 district with a comparable three-school-style structure serving a township community. Operates under the same NJ funding and regulatory framework as WTSD.
• Union City School District: Hudson County public K-12 district operating in a similarly dense urban New Jersey township. Comparable in scale, student demographics, and reliance on state aid and local property taxes.
• Secaucus School District: Hudson County public K-12 district operating in an adjacent small township with a comparable student population size and community-school district model.
• Bayonne School District: Hudson County public K-12 district serving a similarly sized urban New Jersey community. Directly comparable in district size, mission, and funding model.
• Guttenberg Public School District: Very small Hudson County public K-12 district in a dense urban township. Most closely comparable in scale constraints and demographic profile to WTSD.
• Hoboken Public School District: Neighboring Hudson County, NJ public K-12 district serving a similarly small, dense urban township. Directly comparable in scale, demographic profile, and community-school district model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/weehawkenTSD
• Facebookfacebook.com/WeehawkenTSD
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/weehawken-township-school-district
• Instagraminstagram.com/weehawkentsd

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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