School district · New Jersey
Jersey City Public Schools
Jersey City Public Schools in New Jersey: 39 public schools with 24,151 students and 11.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $36,303 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 39
- Students
- 24,151
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- NJ 11.5 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $36,303
- NJ $28K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 2,137
- Counselors (FTE)
- 74.0
- Students per counselor
- 326
- NJ 274 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 63.0
- Librarians (FTE): 16.0
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$23.1K15
$22.8K16
$23.5K17
$23.4K18
$23.9K19
$24.0K20
$27.3K21
$31.2K22
$32.4K23
$36.3K24
- Federal
- 8.3% · $74.6M
- State
- 39% · $353.2M
- Local
- 52% · $472.7M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $24,677
- Support services
- $10,776
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $90M
- Long-term debt
- $4.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 26Middle schools: 4High schools: 8Other schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Alexander D. Sullivan SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 638 | 11.9 |
Alfred Zampella SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 629 | 10.8 |
Chaplain Charles Watters SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 586 | 11.4 |
Charles E. Trefurt SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 668 | 9.7 |
Christa McAuliffe SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 906 | 12.1 |
| Pre-K–5 | 1,082 | 19.7 | |
Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 320 | 8.2 |
Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 607 | 13.8 |
| Pre-K–8 | 651 | 11.4 | |
Dr. Paul Rafalides SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 318 | 11.2 |
| Pre-K–5 | 605 | 11.8 | |
Gladys Nunery SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 251 | 10.9 |
James F. Murray SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 642 | 13.7 |
Joseph H. Brensinger SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 926 | 9.7 |
| Pre-K–5 | 617 | 11.0 | |
Julia A. Barnes SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 433 | 13.3 |
Mahatma K. Gandhi SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 821 | 10.1 |
Martin Center for the ArtsFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 359 | 10.6 |
Martin Luther King Jr. SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 752 | 11.7 |
| Pre-K–5 | 497 | 10.6 | |
Ollie Culbreth Jr. SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 335 | 8.8 |
| Pre-K–5 | 539 | 9.8 | |
President Barack Obama Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 425 | 12.1 |
| Pre-K–8 | 794 | 10.7 | |
Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 613 | 8.9 |
Whitney M. Young Jr. SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 623 | 10.7 |
| 6–8 | 415 | 13.6 | |
Ezra L. Nolan SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 250 | 8.1 |
| 6–8 | 906 | 12.4 | |
| 6–8 | 755 | 16.1 | |
| 9–12 | 716 | 13.1 | |
Henry Snyder High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 729 | 8.7 |
| 6–12 | 265 | 11.0 | |
Innovation High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 301 | — |
| 9–12 | 1,364 | 13.7 | |
| 9–12 | 193 | 7.7 | |
Lincoln High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 767 | 12.7 |
| 9–12 | 1,786 | 13.7 | |
Regional Day SchoolSpecial educationFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 67 | 6.1 |
Sources
- Address
- 346 Claremont Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07305
- Phone
- (201)915-6201
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).