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Enrollment
638
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340783002830
Alexander D. Sullivan School
171 SEAVIEW AVE, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07305 · (201) 915-6530 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL638 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
519 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 53 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 140 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 61% smaller than its 5th grade class (140).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
22.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
19.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.9% | 19.3% |
| 2023-24 | 17.8% | 9.5% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alexander D. Sullivan School
Alexander D. Sullivan School's state test result (15.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander D. Sullivan School this school | 638 | 81.3% | 15.3% |
| Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 ELIZABETH | 667 | 84.1% | 16.3% |
| Number 2 LINDEN | 602 | 78.7% | 19.6% |
| Kuser Elementary School HAMILTON | 512 | 80.3% | 17.5% |
| Robert Treat Academy Charter School NEWARK | 702 | 79.1% | 51.5% |
| West End School North Plainfield | 600 | 76.0% | 29.3% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alexander D. Sullivan School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #1,194 of 1,290 | #77 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #1,159 of 1,319 ▲ 101 | #74 of 84 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #1,207 of 1,319 ▲ 25 | #78 of 84 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 638 | #172 of 1,562 | #31 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #867 of 1,390 | #55 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #608 of 1,392 | #44 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #193 of 1,481 | #26 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #376 of 798 | #41 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
638
+65 (+11%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 10.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 638 | 53.5 | 11.9:1 | 81% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 49.2 | 13.2:1 | 65% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 629 | 45.4 | 13.8:1 | 51% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 54 | 10.6:1 | 55% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 719 | 60 | 12.0:1 | 77% (555) |
| 2015-16 | 788 | 63 | 12.5:1 | 82% (645) |
| 2010-11 | 828 | 60 | 13.8:1 | 86% (713) |
| 2000-01 | 818 | 53 | 15.4:1 | 80% (657) |
| 1990-91 | 636 | 46 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alexander D. Sullivan School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (719 to 638); teachers down 11% (60 to 53.5).
About Alexander D. Sullivan School
Alexander D. Sullivan School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 638 students. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 58% higher.
Alexander D. Sullivan School is part of Jersey City Public Schools, where 39 schools serve 24,151 students.
The student body at Alexander D. Sullivan School is 59% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 26% Black, 7% White, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Hudson County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
On staff are 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. About 81% of students at Alexander D. Sullivan School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Hudson County report 68%.
Alexander D. Sullivan School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Alexander D. Sullivan School is -6.3 points: 15.3% actual, 21.6% predicted.
In Hudson County, the median household earns about $91,795 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Hudson County, 130 public schools serve about 86,216 students.
Ezra L. Nolan School is the nearest public school to Alexander D. Sullivan School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Alexander D. Sullivan School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Alexander D. Sullivan School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 65 students, from 573 to 638. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.9:1) than in 2020-21 (10.6:1).
This page is set up for the Alexander D. Sullivan School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jersey City Public Schools
- William L Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 1,786 students
- James J Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Cornelia F. Bradford SchoolElementary · 1,082 students
- Joseph H. Brensinger SchoolElementary · 926 students
- Christa McAuliffe SchoolElementary · 906 students
- Franklin L. Williams SchoolMiddle · 906 students
Other schools in JERSEY CITY
- William L Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 1,786 students
- BelovED Community Charter SchoolCombined · 1,573 students
- James J Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Empowerment Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,272 students
- Cornelia F. Bradford SchoolElementary · 1,082 students
- Joseph H. Brensinger SchoolElementary · 926 students
Nearby schools
- Ezra L. Nolan School0.2 mi · 250
- Infinity Institute0.3 mi · 265
- Soaring Heights Charter School0.3 mi · 272
- Jersey City Community Charter School0.4 mi · 561
- Woodrow Wilson Community School0.4 mi · 740
- Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School0.5 mi · 607
Frequently asked questions
About Alexander D. Sullivan SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Alexander D. Sullivan School?
Alexander D. Sullivan School enrolls approximately 638 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Alexander D. Sullivan School serve?
Alexander D. Sullivan School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alexander D. Sullivan School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alexander D. Sullivan School is approximately 11.9:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alexander D. Sullivan School?
At Alexander D. Sullivan School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 59% Hispanic, 26% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Alexander D. Sullivan School public or private?
Alexander D. Sullivan School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jersey City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.