Dr. Michael Conti School

Dr. Michael Conti School is one of the expansive elementary-level communitys in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, run under Jersey City Public Schools, with 651 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 61% larger than the state mean of about 405.

Within Jersey City Public Schools, which oversees 39 schools and 24,151 students, Dr. Michael Conti School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Dr. Michael Conti School lists that 35% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 24% Asian, 23% White, 12% Black, 6% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 46% of students at Dr. Michael Conti School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Hudson County's rate of about 68%.

With demographic context factored in, Dr. Michael Conti School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.9%; this one delivers 54.4%.

Around the school, census data for Hudson County shows 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%. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), Dr. Michael Conti School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: James J Ferris High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dr. Michael Conti School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dr. Michael Conti School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dr. Michael Conti School has declined 4%, going from 675 students in 2018 to 651 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 15% to 23%.

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