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The fastest-declining public elementary schools by enrollment in Jersey City, New Jersey

This ranking covers the fastest-declining public elementary schools by enrollment in Jersey City, New Jersey, drawn from 26 qualifying public elementary schools. Mahatma K. Gandhi School leads the list at -45.3%, against a median of -18.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Jersey City, New Jersey

Best Enrollment change

-45.3%

Median Enrollment change

-18.1%

FASTEST DECLINING · JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Mahatma K. Gandhi School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	1,502	821	-45.3%
2	Alfred Zampella School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	1,037	629	-39.3%
3	Gladys Nunery School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	384	251	-34.6%
4	Nicolaus Copernicus School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	727	497	-31.6%
5	Joseph H. Brensinger School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	1,246	926	-25.7%
6	Dr. Paul Rafalides School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	427	318	-25.5%
7	Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	809	607	-25.0%
8	James F. Murray School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	844	642	-23.9%
9	Chaplain Charles Watters School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	769	586	-23.8%
10	Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	420	320	-23.8%
11	Ollie Culbreth Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	427	335	-21.5%
12	Charles E. Trefurt School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	826	668	-19.1%
13	Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	749	613	-18.2%
14	Jotham W. Wakeman School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	753	617	-18.1%
15	Martin Luther King Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	898	752	-16.3%
16	Martin Center for the Arts	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	428	359	-16.1%
17	Christa McAuliffe School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	1,043	906	-13.1%
18	Whitney M. Young Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	711	623	-12.4%
19	Alexander D. Sullivan School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	719	638	-11.3%
20	President Barack Obama Elementary School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	452	425	-6.0%
21	The Ethical Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	The Ethical Community Charter School School Distirct	377	357	-5.3%
22	Jersey City Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Community Charter School	588	561	-4.6%
23	Frank R Conwell School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	630	605	-4.0%
24	Dr. Michael Conti School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	675	651	-3.6%
25	Rafael Cordero y Molina	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	822	794	-3.4%
26	Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School	384	383	-0.3%

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