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Enrollment
906
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340783002814
Christa McAuliffe School
167 HANCOCK AVE, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07307 · (201) 714-4360 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL906 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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.
- ABeats 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
12.1:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
637 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 | 72 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 94 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 102 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (102).
Student demographics
45%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
62.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
31.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.2% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.8% | 30.5% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Christa McAuliffe School
Christa McAuliffe School's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christa McAuliffe School this school | 906 | 70.3% | 40.5% |
| Franklin Elementary School KEARNY | 950 | 73.4% | 30.7% |
| Hudson Arts and Science Charter School Kearny | 848 | 70.5% | 37.0% |
| Haledon Public School HALEDON | 996 | 67.8% | 27.1% |
| Charles E. Trefurt School JERSEY CITY | 668 | 70.1% | 40.3% |
| Robert Fulton Elementary School NORTH BERGEN | 938 | 66.7% | 35.3% |
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 Christa McAuliffe School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #739 of 1,290 | #31 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #942 of 1,319 ▼ 19 | #55 of 84 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #439 of 1,319 ▲ 92 | #17 of 84 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 906 | #28 of 1,562 | #11 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #903 of 1,390 | #56 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.2% | #933 of 1,392 | #53 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #348 of 1,481 | #48 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #315 of 798 | #36 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
906
-50 (-5%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 972
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 906 | 75 | 12.1:1 | 70% (637) |
| 2023-24 | 926 | 76 | 12.2:1 | 64% (589) |
| 2022-23 | 918 | 72 | 12.8:1 | 68% (628) |
| 2020-21 | 956 | 76 | 12.6:1 | 72% (692) |
| 2017-18 | 1,043 | 80 | 13.0:1 | 83% (867) |
| 2015-16 | 1,041 | 79 | 13.2:1 | 85% (880) |
| 2010-11 | 967 | 64 | 15.1:1 | 79% (765) |
| 2000-01 | 1,314 | 83 | 15.8:1 | 81% (1,062) |
| 1990-91 | 972 | 61 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christa McAuliffe School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,043 to 906); teachers down 6% (80 to 75).
About Christa McAuliffe School
Christa McAuliffe School is a large elementary school in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, one of the schools in Jersey City Public Schools. A total of 906 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 8. Against the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 124% higher.
Jersey City Public Schools has 24,151 students in 39 schools, and Christa McAuliffe School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Christa McAuliffe School is 72% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% White, 7% Asian, and 4% Black. In Hudson County overall, about 41% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Christa McAuliffe School comes in at 45%.
The school employs the equivalent of 75 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.1:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 11.4:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 70%. Across public schools in Hudson County, the average is about the same, 68%.
Christa McAuliffe School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 63% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Christa McAuliffe School is 12.9 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 40.5% actual, 27.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
In Hudson County (population about 718,323), median household income is about $91,795, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. A total of 130 public schools operate in Hudson County, serving about 86,216 students.
Charles E. Trefurt School is the public school closest to Christa McAuliffe School, about 0.4 miles away. Christa McAuliffe School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 52.8% on proficiency, and Christa McAuliffe School is below that at 40.5%.
Christa McAuliffe School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 906 was 5% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 956.
The Christa McAuliffe School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Franklin L. Williams SchoolMiddle · 906 students
- Mahatma K. Gandhi SchoolElementary · 821 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
Other Christa McAuliffe schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Christa McAuliffe. Christa McAuliffe School is the largest of the 4.
- Christa McAuliffe SchoolTinley Park, IL · 530 students
- Christa McAuliffeSaratoga, CA · 358 students
- Christa McAuliffe SchoolConcord, NH · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Charles E. Trefurt School0.4 mi · 668
- Alfred Zampella School0.5 mi · 629
- Jersey City Global Charter School0.5 mi · 423
- Nicolaus Copernicus School0.5 mi · 497
- Thomas A Edison Elementary School0.6 mi · 767
- Thomas G. Connors Elementary School0.6 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About Christa McAuliffe SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Christa McAuliffe School?
Christa McAuliffe School enrolls approximately 906 students in grades PK-08.
Is Christa McAuliffe School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Christa McAuliffe School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Christa McAuliffe School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Christa McAuliffe School.
What is the student diversity at Christa McAuliffe School?
Student demographics at Christa McAuliffe School are roughly 16% White, 72% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Christa McAuliffe School?
Christa McAuliffe 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.