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The public schools with the most Black students in Jersey City, New Jersey

51 public schools in Jersey City, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the public schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Empowerment Academy Charter School leads the list at 501, against a median of 105 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 Black students

501

Median Black students

105

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Empowerment Academy Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Empowerment Academy Charter School	1,272	39.4%	501
2	Henry Snyder High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	729	60.9%	444
3	Lincoln High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	767	55.8%	428
4	Whitney M. Young Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	623	57.8%	360
5	Jersey City Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Community Charter School	561	61.9%	347
6	William L Dickinson High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	1,786	16.6%	296
7	Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School	383	76.2%	292
8	James J Ferris High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	1,364	21.2%	289
9	Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	607	46.8%	284
10	University Academy Charter High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	University Academy Charter High School	429	60.4%	259
11	Chaplain Charles Watters School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	586	41.8%	245
12	President Barack Obama Elementary School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	425	56.0%	238
13	Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	613	36.7%	225
14	Martin Center for the Arts	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	359	60.5%	217
15	Ollie Culbreth Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	335	64.2%	215
16	James F. Murray School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	642	29.9%	192
17	Joseph H. Brensinger School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	926	19.3%	179
18	Alexander D. Sullivan School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	638	26.2%	167
19	Rafael Cordero y Molina	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	794	19.0%	151
20	Mahatma K. Gandhi School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	821	18.3%	150
21	Gladys Nunery School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	251	59.8%	150
22	Middle School # 4	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	755	19.3%	146
23	Ezra L. Nolan School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	250	54.0%	135
24	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	662	18.7%	124
25	Frank R Conwell School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	605	20.0%	121
26	Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	320	32.8%	105
27	Learning Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	The Learning Community Charter School	634	16.3%	103
28	Dr Ronald McNair High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	716	14.0%	100
29	Innovation High School	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	301	28.2%	85
30	Dr. Michael Conti School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	651	11.7%	76
31	Julia A. Barnes School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	433	16.9%	73
32	Dr. Paul Rafalides School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	318	23.0%	73
33	Soaring Heights Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Soaring Heights Charter School	272	25.7%	70
34	Franklin L. Williams School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	906	7.2%	65
35	Jotham W. Wakeman School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	617	10.4%	64
36	Martin Luther King Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	752	8.1%	61
37	Academy I	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	415	13.3%	55
38	Cornelia F. Bradford School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	1,082	5.1%	55
39	Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	539	9.8%	53
40	County Prep High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	892	5.0%	45
41	The Ethical Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	The Ethical Community Charter School School Distirct	357	11.8%	42
42	Kindle Education Public Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Kindle Education Public Charter School	87	43.7%	38
43	Charles E. Trefurt School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	668	5.4%	36
44	Liberty High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	193	17.6%	34
45	Alfred Zampella School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	629	5.4%	34
46	Christa McAuliffe School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	906	3.6%	33
47	Regional Day School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	67	37.3%	25
48	Jersey City Global Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Global Charter School	423	5.2%	22
49	Infinity Institute	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	265	8.3%	22
50	Explore Middle School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Hudson County Schools of Technology School District	163	12.9%	21

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