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Enrollment
629
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340783002812
Alfred Zampella School
201 NORTH ST, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07307 · (201) 714-4350 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL629 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
10.8:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
424 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 | 45 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 20% smaller than its 8th grade class (71).
Student demographics
55%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
49.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -8.7pp since 2023
Math
39.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 39.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.7% | 34.1% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Alfred Zampella School
Alfred Zampella School's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Zampella School this school | 629 | 67.4% | 40.6% |
| Lindeneau Elementary School EDISON | 446 | 65.2% | 33.5% |
| School 5 PATERSON | 753 | 74.8% | 26.0% |
| Charles E. Trefurt School JERSEY CITY | 668 | 70.1% | 40.3% |
| School 27 PATERSON | 641 | 80.8% | 24.1% |
| School 28 PATERSON | 463 | 73.2% | 89.9% |
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 Alfred Zampella School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #736 of 1,290 | #29 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #814 of 1,319 ▲ 30 | #32 of 84 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #733 of 1,319 ▼ 212 | #35 of 84 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #185 of 1,562 | #34 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #573 of 1,390 | #31 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #662 of 1,392 | #45 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #389 of 1,481 | #55 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.3% | #24 of 798 | #3 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
629
-154 (-20%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 835
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 629 | 58 | 10.8:1 | 67% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 659 | 61 | 10.8:1 | 57% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 802 | 57 | 14.1:1 | 52% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 783 | 68 | 11.5:1 | 64% (504) |
| 2017-18 | 1,037 | 77 | 13.5:1 | 74% (763) |
| 2015-16 | 1,102 | 80 | 13.8:1 | 76% (842) |
| 2010-11 | 1,039 | 61 | 17.0:1 | 76% (785) |
| 2000-01 | 1,214 | 62 | 19.6:1 | 75% (911) |
| 1990-91 | 835 | 47 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alfred Zampella School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (1,037 to 629); teachers down 25% (77 to 58).
About Alfred Zampella School
Alfred Zampella School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Jersey City Public Schools, located in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 629 students. By comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll about 405 students on average.
Alfred Zampella School is run by Jersey City Public Schools, whose 39 schools enroll 24,151 students.
At Alfred Zampella School, 62% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 24% Asian, 8% White, and 5% Black. Census figures show Hudson County is about 41% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Alfred Zampella School scores 55%.
Alfred Zampella School lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.8 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 11.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 67% of the student body. That is in line with the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County.
Alfred Zampella School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 61% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Alfred Zampella School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.6% and a predicted 29.3%.
Hudson County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $91,795 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Alfred Zampella School shares Hudson County with 129 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Jersey City Global Charter School is closest at about 0.1 miles. Alfred Zampella School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Alfred Zampella School ranks 4th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 629, from 783 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Alfred Zampella School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Jersey City Global Charter School0.1 mi · 423
- Christa McAuliffe School0.5 mi · 906
- Thomas A Edison Elementary School0.5 mi · 767
- Nicolaus Copernicus School0.5 mi · 497
- John F Kennedy Elementary School0.6 mi · 576
- Charles E. Trefurt School0.8 mi · 668
Frequently asked questions
About Alfred Zampella SchoolHow large is Alfred Zampella School?
Alfred Zampella School enrolls approximately 629 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Alfred Zampella School serve?
Alfred Zampella School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Alfred Zampella School?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Alfred Zampella School.
How diverse is Alfred Zampella School?
Alfred Zampella School reports a student body of 8% White, 62% Hispanic, 5% Black, 24% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Alfred Zampella School?
Alfred Zampella School is overseen by Jersey City Public Schools in Hudson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.