Ezra L. Nolan School

As a close-knit middle-grades school in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Ezra L. Nolan School educates 250 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Jersey City Public Schools. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 578 students each, so Ezra L. Nolan School sits 57% below that benchmark.

Jersey City Public Schools runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 24,151 students. Ezra L. Nolan School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Ezra L. Nolan School shows that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 38% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Hudson County's rate of about 68%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ezra L. Nolan School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.2%; this one delivers 6.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hudson County indicate median household income runs about $91,795, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), Ezra L. Nolan School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Alexander D. Sullivan School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ezra L. Nolan School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ezra L. Nolan School has ticked down 3%, going from 257 students in 2018 to 250 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.