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The most racially diverse public schools in Jersey City, New Jersey

Across Jersey City, New Jersey, 47 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Dr. Paul Rafalides School leads the list at 76.8%, against a median of 66.6% 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 Diversity index

76.8%

Median Diversity index

66.6%

MOST DIVERSE · JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Dr. Paul Rafalides School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	318	76.8%	26.7%(85)	23.0%(73)	28.6%(91)	15.4%(49)
2	Soaring Heights Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	272	76.7%	14.3%(39)	25.7%(70)	16.2%(44)	33.8%(92)
3	James F. Murray School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	642	76.7%	22.7%(146)	29.9%(192)	26.0%(167)	14.9%(96)
4	Rafael Cordero y Molina	JERSEY CITY, NJ	794	75.9%	24.7%(196)	19.0%(151)	27.7%(220)	25.7%(204)
5	Innovation High School	Jersey City, NJ	301	75.8%	19.3%(58)	28.2%(85)	28.6%(86)	20.3%(61)
6	The Ethical Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	357	75.7%	25.5%(91)	11.8%(42)	24.1%(86)	31.9%(114)
7	Middle School # 4	JERSEY CITY, NJ	755	75.6%	19.5%(147)	19.3%(146)	29.9%(226)	27.9%(211)
8	Learning Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	634	75.0%	29.2%(185)	16.3%(103)	19.9%(126)	31.4%(199)
9	Dr. Michael Conti School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	651	74.9%	23.2%(151)	11.7%(76)	34.7%(226)	24.4%(159)
10	Mahatma K. Gandhi School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	821	74.7%	30.1%(247)	18.3%(150)	19.1%(157)	30.4%(250)
11	Empowerment Academy Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	1,272	73.3%	14.2%(180)	39.4%(501)	23.6%(300)	18.5%(235)
12	County Prep High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	892	72.5%	25.4%(227)	5.0%(45)	33.9%(302)	29.7%(265)
13	Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26	Jersey City, NJ	539	72.2%	17.1%(92)	9.8%(53)	35.6%(192)	33.4%(180)
14	Frank R Conwell School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	605	72.1%	22.0%(133)	20.0%(121)	41.6%(252)	12.6%(76)
15	Jersey City Golden Door Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	662	72.1%	11.3%(75)	18.7%(124)	28.7%(190)	38.5%(255)
16	Dr Ronald McNair High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	716	72.0%	20.9%(150)	14.0%(100)	16.1%(115)	43.3%(310)
17	Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	320	71.6%	12.5%(40)	32.8%(105)	37.8%(121)	13.1%(42)
18	Academy I	JERSEY CITY, NJ	415	71.2%	23.4%(97)	13.3%(55)	17.1%(71)	42.9%(178)
19	Joseph H. Brensinger School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	926	70.5%	40.1%(371)	19.3%(179)	29.9%(277)	8.2%(76)
20	Chaplain Charles Watters School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	586	69.8%	14.8%(87)	41.8%(245)	31.2%(183)	7.8%(46)
21	William L Dickinson High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	1,786	68.1%	15.9%(284)	16.6%(296)	49.3%(880)	15.1%(269)
22	Cornelia F. Bradford School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	1,082	67.1%	28.8%(312)	5.1%(55)	7.4%(80)	48.1%(520)
23	Jotham W. Wakeman School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	617	66.9%	9.4%(58)	10.4%(64)	31.0%(191)	46.4%(286)
24	Infinity Institute	Jersey City, NJ	265	66.6%	24.9%(66)	8.3%(22)	12.4%(33)	49.8%(132)
25	Martin Luther King Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	752	65.8%	51.3%(386)	8.1%(61)	17.4%(131)	20.4%(153)
26	Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	607	63.3%	6.1%(37)	46.8%(284)	37.4%(227)	6.4%(39)
27	Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	613	62.6%	11.8%(72)	36.7%(225)	47.5%(291)	2.0%(12)
28	James J Ferris High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	1,364	62.5%	11.1%(151)	21.2%(289)	55.2%(753)	11.3%(154)
29	Nicolaus Copernicus School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	497	62.1%	9.9%(49)	3.6%(18)	38.4%(191)	46.9%(233)
30	Jersey City Global Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	423	60.2%	8.8%(37)	5.2%(22)	28.6%(121)	55.3%(234)
31	President Barack Obama Elementary School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	425	60.0%	6.6%(28)	56.0%(238)	27.8%(118)	7.1%(30)
32	Julia A. Barnes School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	433	59.5%	16.6%(72)	16.9%(73)	58.7%(254)	6.9%(30)
33	Lincoln High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	767	58.0%	6.4%(49)	55.8%(428)	32.1%(246)	3.8%(29)
34	Alexander D. Sullivan School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	638	57.2%	7.2%(46)	26.2%(167)	59.3%(378)	4.7%(30)
35	Ezra L. Nolan School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	250	55.9%	2.8%(7)	54.0%(135)	38.4%(96)	2.4%(6)
36	Alfred Zampella School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	629	55.1%	8.0%(50)	5.4%(34)	61.8%(389)	24.0%(151)
37	University Academy Charter High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	429	54.4%	3.0%(13)	60.4%(259)	29.1%(125)	7.5%(32)
38	Whitney M. Young Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	623	54.3%	3.4%(21)	57.8%(360)	34.8%(217)	2.3%(14)
39	Henry Snyder High School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	729	53.4%	3.3%(24)	60.9%(444)	30.4%(222)	3.4%(25)
40	Martin Center for the Arts	JERSEY CITY, NJ	359	52.8%	3.6%(13)	60.5%(217)	32.3%(116)	1.4%(5)
41	Ollie Culbreth Jr. School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	335	51.3%	5.1%(17)	64.2%(215)	26.9%(90)	1.2%(4)
42	Gladys Nunery School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	251	51.1%	1.6%(4)	59.8%(150)	36.3%(91)	1.2%(3)
43	Jersey City Community Charter School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	561	49.9%	1.3%(7)	61.9%(347)	34.2%(192)	2.7%(15)
44	Christa McAuliffe School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	906	45.2%	15.8%(143)	3.6%(33)	71.8%(651)	7.1%(64)
45	Franklin L. Williams School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	906	42.6%	8.1%(73)	7.2%(65)	74.4%(674)	9.6%(87)
46	Charles E. Trefurt School	JERSEY CITY, NJ	668	42.1%	6.7%(45)	5.4%(36)	74.7%(499)	11.5%(77)
47	Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School	Jersey City, NJ	383	37.2%	0.0%(0)	76.2%(292)	21.7%(83)	0.8%(3)

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