High · New Jersey
James J Ferris High School
James J Ferris High School, a public high school in Jersey City, New Jersey: grades 9–12, 1,364 students, 13.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Jersey City Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 1,364
- Teachers (FTE)
- 99.5
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- Grades
- 9–12
- High
More students per teacher than 75% of high schools in New Jersey
Median 12.1 · 435 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 55% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 79% of high schools in New Jersey
Median 817 · 444 schools compared
Larger than 83% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 9–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Jersey City Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 35 Colgate St, Jersey City, NJ 07302
- Phone
- (201)915-6660
- City or town
- Jersey City
- County
- Hudson County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Academy of Technology DesignCareer and technical | 9–12 | 235 | 58.0 |
County Prep High SchoolCareer and technical | 9–12 | 892 | 9.7 |
| 9–12 | 716 | 13.1 | |
| 9–12 | 1,786 | 13.7 | |
Lincoln High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 767 | 12.7 |
| 9–12 | 193 | 7.7 |
Sources
- 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).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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