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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Jersey City, New Jersey

49 public schools in Jersey City, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Infinity Institute leads the list at 100%, against a median of 45.9% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Jersey City, New Jersey

Top % Proficient (Reading)

100%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

45.9%

BEST IN READING · JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Infinity Institute	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	265	100%	no change
2	Dr Ronald McNair High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	716	99.4%	—
3	Cornelia F. Bradford School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	1,082	94.1%	no change
4	Academy I	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Middle	415	93.4%	▲ 3
5	Soaring Heights Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Soaring Heights Charter School	Elementary	272	91.4%	▲ 3
6	County Prep High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	High	892	91.0%	▼ 1
7	Liberty High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	193	90.9%	▼ 3
8	Explore Middle School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	Middle	163	90.1%	▼ 2
9	Jersey City Global Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Global Charter School	Elementary	423	83.1%	no change
10	Learning Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	The Learning Community Charter School	Elementary	634	75.3%	no change
11	Jotham W. Wakeman School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	617	74.4%	no change
12	Dr. Michael Conti School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	651	70.4%	▲ 1
13	Christa McAuliffe School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	906	62.2%	▲ 5
14	Middle School # 4	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Middle	755	61.7%	no change
15	Rafael Cordero y Molina	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	794	61.2%	▲ 4
16	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	Elementary	662	58.8%	▼ 1
17	Frank R Conwell School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	605	56.8%	▲ 4
18	Nicolaus Copernicus School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	497	50.9%	▲ 2
19	Empowerment Academy Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Empowerment Academy Charter School	Combined	1,272	50.8%	▲ 4
20	Innovation High School	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	301	50.6%	▼ 8
21	Dr. Paul Rafalides School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	318	50.0%	▲ 9
22	James F. Murray School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	642	50.0%	no change
23	Alfred Zampella School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	629	49.0%	▼ 7
24	Charles E. Trefurt School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	668	48.7%	▲ 2
25	Martin Luther King Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	752	45.9%	▼ 1
26	The Ethical Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	The Ethical Community Charter School School Distirct	Elementary	357	45.6%	▲ 5
27	Jersey City Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Community Charter School	Elementary	561	45.1%	▲ 5
28	Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	607	44.8%	▲ 1
29	Joseph H. Brensinger School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	926	42.9%	▼ 1
30	Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	613	41.4%	▲ 4
31	Julia A. Barnes School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	433	41.3%	▲ 11
32	Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	539	40.8%	▼ 7
33	Franklin L. Williams School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Middle	906	38.1%	no change
34	Mahatma K. Gandhi School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	821	36.0%	▲ 1
35	Gladys Nunery School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	251	33.1%	▲ 1
36	Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	320	31.2%	▲ 2
37	James J Ferris High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	1,364	28.8%	▼ 20
38	Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School	Elementary	383	27.5%	▼ 1
39	University Academy Charter High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	University Academy Charter High School	High	429	27.0%	▼ 12
40	President Barack Obama Elementary School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	425	23.5%	▲ 1
41	Alexander D. Sullivan School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	638	22.9%	▲ 3
42	William L Dickinson High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	1,786	22.6%	▼ 3
43	Lincoln High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	767	19.2%	▼ 3
44	Henry Snyder High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	High	729	19.1%	▲ 3
45	Chaplain Charles Watters School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	586	17.9%	▼ 2
46	Ollie Culbreth Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	335	15.6%	no change
47	Ezra L. Nolan School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Middle	250	14.0%	▲ 1
48	Martin Center for the Arts	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	359	13.7%	▼ 3
49	Whitney M. Young Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	Elementary	623	11.6%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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