Elementary · New Jersey

Jersey City Community Charter School

CharterFree meals for all

Jersey City Community Charter School, a public elementary school in Jersey City, New Jersey: grades k–8, 561 students, 15.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Jersey City Community Charter School.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary 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
561
Teachers (FTE)
36.0
Students per teacher
15.6
Grades
K–8
Elementary

More students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in New Jersey

Median 11.2 · 1,493 schools compared

More students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 81% of elementary schools in New Jersey

Median 386 · 1,494 schools compared

Larger than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Jersey's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

New Jersey: 54%

45%proficient

+4.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 63% of elementary schools in New Jersey

Median 52% · 1,326 elementary schools compared

364 students tested, grades 3–8 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

New Jersey: 41%

21%proficient

+5.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 86% of elementary schools in New Jersey

Median 46% · 1,325 elementary schools compared

347 students tested, grades 3–8 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–8
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Jersey City Community Charter School.

Location

Address
128 Danforth Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07305
Phone
(201)433-2288
City or town
Jersey City

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–560713.845%35%
Pre-K–842512.123%12%
Pre-K–563811.923%19%
K–827216.791%74%
Whitney M. Young Jr. SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–862310.712%5.0%
James F. Murray SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–864213.750%25%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

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.

NCES 340003300303