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The highest-poverty public schools in Jersey City, New Jersey

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public schools in Jersey City, New Jersey, drawn from 49 qualifying public schools. Whitney M. Young Jr. School leads the list at 86.7%, against a median of 70.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Jersey City, New Jersey

Top % FRL

86.7%

Median % FRL

70.7%

HIGHEST POVERTY · JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Whitney M. Young Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	623	86.7%
2	Joseph H. Brensinger School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	926	86.0%
3	Ollie Culbreth Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	335	85.4%
4	Gladys Nunery School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	251	84.5%
5	Martin Center for the Arts	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	359	84.4%
6	President Barack Obama Elementary School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	425	84.0%
7	Ezra L. Nolan School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Middle	250	84.0%
8	Chaplain Charles Watters School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	586	83.8%
9	Jersey City Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Community Charter School	Elementary	561	82.5%
10	Franklin L. Williams School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Middle	906	81.9%
11	Alexander D. Sullivan School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	638	81.3%
12	University Academy Charter High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	University Academy Charter High School	High	429	80.2%
13	Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	613	79.0%
14	Mahatma K. Gandhi School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	821	78.4%
15	Henry Snyder High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	729	78.1%
16	James F. Murray School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	642	77.4%
17	Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School	Elementary	383	77.3%
18	Martin Luther King Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	752	77.1%
19	Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	607	77.1%
20	William L Dickinson High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	1,786	76.6%
21	Dr. Paul Rafalides School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	318	76.4%
22	Lincoln High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	767	75.6%
23	Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	320	74.4%
24	James J Ferris High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	1,364	72.1%
25	Julia A. Barnes School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	433	70.7%
26	Christa McAuliffe School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	906	70.3%
27	Charles E. Trefurt School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	668	70.1%
28	Innovation High School	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	301	69.8%
29	Liberty High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	193	68.9%
30	Alfred Zampella School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	629	67.4%
31	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	Elementary	662	59.8%
32	County Prep High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	High	892	57.1%
33	Frank R Conwell School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	605	56.5%
34	Soaring Heights Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Soaring Heights Charter School	Elementary	272	55.9%
35	Nicolaus Copernicus School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	497	55.5%
36	Middle School # 4	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Middle	755	55.5%
37	Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	539	54.5%
38	The Ethical Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	The Ethical Community Charter School School Distirct	Elementary	357	54.1%
39	Empowerment Academy Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Empowerment Academy Charter School	Combined	1,272	53.9%
40	Academy I	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Middle	415	53.7%
41	Infinity Institute	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	265	53.2%
42	Dr. Michael Conti School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	651	46.1%
43	Jotham W. Wakeman School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	617	45.2%
44	Rafael Cordero y Molina	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	794	38.9%
45	Dr Ronald McNair High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	716	35.2%
46	Learning Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	The Learning Community Charter School	Elementary	634	32.0%
47	Explore Middle School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	Middle	163	27.6%
48	Jersey City Global Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Global Charter School	Elementary	423	20.1%
49	Cornelia F. Bradford School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	1,082	9.7%

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