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Enrollment
651
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340783002786
Dr. Michael Conti School
182 MERSELES ST, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07302 · (201) 714-4300 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+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
11.4:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
300 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 | 105 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 57% larger than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
75%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
70.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
59.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +10.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 | 70.4% | 59.2% |
| 2023-24 | 65.1% | 49.1% |
% 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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. Michael Conti School
Dr. Michael Conti School's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Michael Conti School this school | 651 | 46.1% | 54.4% |
| John Adams NORTH BRUNSWICK | 561 | 43.3% | 42.0% |
| Walter C. Black Elementary School HIGHTSTOWN | 510 | 45.7% | N/A |
| Rafael Cordero y Molina JERSEY CITY | 794 | 38.9% | 39.1% |
| Lafayette Estates Elementary School FORDS | 705 | 54.5% | 31.6% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School PISCATAWAY | 513 | 53.4% | 39.5% |
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. Michael Conti School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #440 of 1,290 | #12 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #423 of 1,319 ▲ 134 | #11 of 84 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #256 of 1,319 ▲ 87 | #11 of 84 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #160 of 1,562 | #27 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #727 of 1,390 | #45 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.9% | #22 of 1,392 | #7 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #645 of 1,481 | #76 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #670 of 798 | #55 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
651
-69 (-10%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 651 | 56.9 | 11.4:1 | 46% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 56.1 | 12.1:1 | 41% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 54.5 | 12.3:1 | 41% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | 62 | 11.6:1 | 46% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 56 | 12.1:1 | 55% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 58 | 11.4:1 | 66% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 678 | 50 | 13.6:1 | 76% (517) |
| 2000-01 | 835 | 60 | 13.9:1 | 80% (665) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 54 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Michael Conti School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (675 to 651); teachers up 2% (56 to 56.9).
About Dr. Michael Conti School
Dr. Michael Conti School sits in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, and is classified as an elementary school. It enrolled 651 students in pre-K through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 61% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
Jersey City Public Schools has 39 schools and 24,151 students, and Dr. Michael Conti School is one of those schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Dr. Michael Conti School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 35%. Other students are 24% Asian, 23% White, 12% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 75%, meaning two students picked at random have a 75% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Dr. Michael Conti School, 56.9 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.4:1. That is close to the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 46% of enrollment. That is lower than the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County.
allk12 grades Dr. Michael Conti School an A-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Dr. Michael Conti School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.4% and a predicted 40.9%.
Census estimates describe Hudson County this way: the median household income is $91,795, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. In all, Hudson County has 130 public schools and roughly 86,216 students.
The shortest distance from Dr. Michael Conti School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to James J Ferris High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 47.6% proficiency; Dr. Michael Conti School posts 54.4%.
The NCES locale for Dr. Michael Conti School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 69 fewer students in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover 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
- 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
- James J Ferris High School0.2 mi · 1,364
- Dr Ronald McNair High School0.3 mi · 716
- William L Dickinson High School0.4 mi · 1,786
- Academy of Technology Design0.4 mi · 235
- County Prep High School0.4 mi · 892
- Rafael Cordero y Molina0.5 mi · 794
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Michael Conti SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dr. Michael Conti School?
Dr. Michael Conti School enrolls approximately 651 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Dr. Michael Conti School serve?
Dr. Michael Conti School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Dr. Michael Conti School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Dr. Michael Conti School.
How diverse is Dr. Michael Conti School?
Dr. Michael Conti School reports a student body of 23% White, 35% Hispanic, 12% Black, 24% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Dr. Michael Conti School public or private?
Dr. Michael Conti 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.