Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340783002832
Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School
214 PLAINFIELD AVE, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306 · (201) 915-6560 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
D
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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.
- DBeats 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
8.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
238 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 42 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 109% larger than its 8th grade class (23).
Student demographics
72%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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
31.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
10.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 | 31.2% | 10.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.9% | 9.4% |
% 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School
Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School this school | 320 | 74.4% | 17.0% |
| Dr. Paul Rafalides School JERSEY CITY | 318 | 76.4% | 41.5% |
| Paul W Carleton PENNS GROVE | 322 | 74.5% | 13.4% |
| Lafayette - Pershing CARNEYS POINT | 313 | 74.1% | N/A |
| Evergreen Avenue Elementary School Woodbury | 310 | 69.4% | 23.7% |
| Billingsport Elementary School PAULSBORO | 296 | 77.0% | N/A |
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 Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,172 of 1,290 | #76 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #1,261 of 1,319 ▲ 3 | #80 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #1,086 of 1,319 ▲ 46 | #72 of 84 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #1,023 of 1,562 | #76 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #53 of 1,390 | #2 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #103 of 1,392 | #16 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.4% | #299 of 1,481 | #40 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #113 of 798 | #14 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
320
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 781
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 8.0:1
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 | 320 | 39 | 8.2:1 | 74% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 33.2 | 9.3:1 | 67% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 32.5 | 9.3:1 | 58% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 312 | 39 | 8.0:1 | 62% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 42 | 10.0:1 | 75% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 45 | 8.5:1 | 91% (346) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 82% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 51 | 10.7:1 | 91% (493) |
| 1990-91 | 781 | 50 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (420 to 320); teachers down 7% (42 to 39).
About Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School
Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School is a public elementary school run by Jersey City Public Schools in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey. It enrolled 320 students in pre-K through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School is in Jersey City Public Schools, a district with 24,151 students across 39 schools.
The most common group at Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School is Hispanic students, at 38%. It is also 33% Black, 13% Asian, 13% White, and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 41% Hispanic share among all Hudson County residents. Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School operates with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 8.2:1. That is lower than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. About 74% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 25.4% at Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 17.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hudson County, the median household income is $91,795, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 130 public schools in Hudson County, enrolling about 86,216 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Liberty High School, about 0.4 miles away. Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School at 9th of 9.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 320, a 3% rise from 312 in 2020-21.
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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
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- James J Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
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- Christa McAuliffe SchoolElementary · 906 students
- Franklin L. Williams SchoolMiddle · 906 students
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- 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
- Liberty High School0.4 mi · 193
- Learning Community Charter School0.6 mi · 634
- The Ethical Community Charter School0.6 mi · 357
- Mahatma K. Gandhi School0.7 mi · 821
- Joseph H. Brensinger School0.8 mi · 926
- Dr. Paul Rafalides School0.8 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio SchoolHow many students attend Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School?
Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades PK-08.
Is Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School is approximately 8.2:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School?
At Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School, the student body is approximately 13% White, 38% Hispanic, 33% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School public or private?
Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jersey City Public Schools.
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