Charles E. Trefurt School

Charles E. Trefurt School is a sizable elementary campus in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, run under Jersey City Public Schools. The school hosts 668 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 65% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Jersey City Public Schools runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 24,151 students. Charles E. Trefurt School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Charles E. Trefurt School shows that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 12% Asian, 7% White, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Charles E. Trefurt School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Charles E. Trefurt School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.8%; this one delivers 40.3%.

In the broader community, Hudson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Charles E. Trefurt School is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students).

Nearest neighbor: Christa McAuliffe School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles E. Trefurt School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Charles E. Trefurt School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Charles E. Trefurt School has contracted 19%, going from 826 students in 2018 to 668 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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