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

33 public elementary schools in Jersey City, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the public elementary schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Whitney M. Young Jr. School leads the list at 360, against a median of 121 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Jersey City, New Jersey

Top Black students

360

Median Black students

121

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Whitney M. Young Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	623	57.8%	360
2	Jersey City Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Community Charter School	561	61.9%	347
3	Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School	383	76.2%	292
4	Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	607	46.8%	284
5	Chaplain Charles Watters School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	586	41.8%	245
6	President Barack Obama Elementary School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	425	56.0%	238
7	Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	613	36.7%	225
8	Martin Center for the Arts	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	359	60.5%	217
9	Ollie Culbreth Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	335	64.2%	215
10	James F. Murray School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	642	29.9%	192
11	Joseph H. Brensinger School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	926	19.3%	179
12	Alexander D. Sullivan School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	638	26.2%	167
13	Rafael Cordero y Molina	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	794	19.0%	151
14	Mahatma K. Gandhi School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	821	18.3%	150
15	Gladys Nunery School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	251	59.8%	150
16	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	662	18.7%	124
17	Frank R Conwell School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	605	20.0%	121
18	Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	320	32.8%	105
19	Learning Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	The Learning Community Charter School	634	16.3%	103
20	Dr. Michael Conti School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	651	11.7%	76
21	Julia A. Barnes School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	433	16.9%	73
22	Dr. Paul Rafalides School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	318	23.0%	73
23	Soaring Heights Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Soaring Heights Charter School	272	25.7%	70
24	Jotham W. Wakeman School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	617	10.4%	64
25	Martin Luther King Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	752	8.1%	61
26	Cornelia F. Bradford School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	1,082	5.1%	55
27	Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	539	9.8%	53
28	The Ethical Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	The Ethical Community Charter School School Distirct	357	11.8%	42
29	Charles E. Trefurt School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	668	5.4%	36
30	Alfred Zampella School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	629	5.4%	34
31	Christa McAuliffe School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	906	3.6%	33
32	Jersey City Global Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City Global Charter School	423	5.2%	22
33	Nicolaus Copernicus School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	Jersey City Public Schools	497	3.6%	18

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