Jersey City Public Schools
Public school district based in Jersey City, New Jersey. NCES district ID 3407830; state ID NJ-172390.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
39
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
24,151
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
2,060.5
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
Not shown: incomplete reporting
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
A district ratio is shown only when every school reported both enrollment and teachers. School-level ratios are in the table below.
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 2,267 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,859 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,931 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,826 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,834 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,723 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,692 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,656 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,649 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,657 | |
| Grade 9 | 1,870 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,372 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,317 | |
| Grade 12 | 1,498 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Suppressed | |
| Asian | 18.1% | |
| Black or African American | 23.7% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 38.6% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.8% | |
| Two or more races | 1.9% | |
| White | 16.9% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | Suppressed | |
| Male | 100.0% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 39.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William L Dickinson High School Jersey City | 9–12 | Regular | 1,786 | 130.0 | 13.7 | City: Large |
| James J Ferris High School Jersey City | 9–12 | Regular | 1,364 | 99.5 | 13.7 | City: Large |
| Cornelia F. Bradford School Jersey City | PK–5 | Regular | 1,082 | 55.0 | 19.7 | City: Large |
| Joseph H. Brensinger School Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 926 | 95.0 | 9.7 | City: Large |
| Christa McAuliffe School Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 906 | 75.0 | 12.1 | City: Large |
| Franklin L. Williams School Jersey City | 6–8 | Regular | 906 | 73.0 | 12.4 | City: Large |
| Mahatma K. Gandhi School Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 821 | 81.5 | 10.1 | City: Large |
| Rafael Cordero y Molina Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 794 | 74.0 | 10.7 | City: Large |
| Lincoln High School Jersey City | 9–12 | Regular | 767 | 60.5 | 12.7 | City: Large |
| Middle School # 4 Jersey City | 6–8 | Regular | 755 | 47.0 | 16.1 | City: Large |
| Martin Luther King Jr. School Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 752 | 64.5 | 11.7 | City: Large |
| Henry Snyder High School Jersey City | 9–12 | Regular | 729 | 84.0 | 8.7 | City: Large |
| Dr Ronald McNair High School Jersey City | 9–12 | Regular | 716 | 54.5 | 13.1 | City: Large |
| Charles E. Trefurt School Jersey City | PK–5 | Regular | 668 | 69.0 | 9.7 | City: Large |
| Dr. Michael Conti School Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 651 | 56.9 | 11.4 | City: Large |
| James F. Murray School Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 642 | 47.0 | 13.7 | City: Large |
| Alexander D. Sullivan School Jersey City | PK–5 | Regular | 638 | 53.5 | 11.9 | City: Large |
| Alfred Zampella School Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 629 | 58.0 | 10.8 | City: Large |
| Whitney M. Young Jr. School Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 623 | 58.0 | 10.7 | City: Large |
| Jotham W. Wakeman School Jersey City | PK–5 | Regular | 617 | 55.9 | 11 | City: Large |
| Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb School Jersey City | PK–5 | Regular | 613 | 68.6 | 8.9 | City: Large |
| Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School Jersey City | PK–5 | Regular | 607 | 44.0 | 13.8 | City: Large |
| Frank R Conwell School Jersey City | PK–5 | Regular | 605 | 51.1 | 11.8 | City: Large |
| Chaplain Charles Watters School Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 586 | 51.5 | 11.4 | City: Large |
| Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 Jersey City | PK–5 | Regular | 539 | 55.0 | 9.8 | City: Large |
| Nicolaus Copernicus School Jersey City | PK–5 | Regular | 497 | 47.0 | 10.6 | City: Large |
| Julia A. Barnes School Jersey City | PK–5 | Regular | 433 | 32.5 | 13.3 | City: Large |
| President Barack Obama Elementary School Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 425 | 35.0 | 12.1 | City: Large |
| Academy I Jersey City | 6–8 | Regular | 415 | 30.5 | 13.6 | City: Large |
| Martin Center for the Arts Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 359 | 34.0 | 10.6 | City: Large |
| Ollie Culbreth Jr. School Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 335 | 38.0 | 8.8 | City: Large |
| Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School Jersey City | PK–8 | Regular | 320 | 39.0 | 8.2 | City: Large |
| Dr. Paul Rafalides School Jersey City | PK–4 | Regular | 318 | 28.5 | 11.2 | City: Large |
| Innovation High School Jersey City | 9–12 | Regular | 301 | Not reported | — | City: Large |
| Infinity Institute Jersey City | 6–12 | Regular | 265 | 24.0 | 11 | City: Large |
| Gladys Nunery School Jersey City | PK–5 | Regular | 251 | 23.0 | 10.9 | City: Large |
| Ezra L. Nolan School Jersey City | 6–8 | Regular | 250 | 31.0 | 8.1 | City: Large |
| Liberty High School Jersey City | 9–12 | Regular | 193 | 25.0 | 7.7 | City: Large |
| Regional Day School Jersey City | PK–12 | Special Education | 67 | 11.0 | 6.1 | City: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
Figures are republished from official files without adjustment, except where a page says a value is summed or derived. See methodology and definitions & limitations. Spotted a problem? Report a data issue.