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Enrollment
906
Middle
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340783006114
Franklin L. Williams School
222 LAIDLAW AVENUE, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306 · (201) 714-8340 · Hudson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL906 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
742 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 304 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 293 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 309 | 34% |
Student demographics
43%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
38.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
19.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.1% | 19.4% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 20.6% |
% 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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Franklin L. Williams School
Franklin L. Williams School's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin L. Williams School this school | 906 | 81.9% | 25.5% |
| Terence C. Reilly School No 7 ELIZABETH | 1,130 | 78.5% | 69.5% |
| William F. Halloran School No.22 ELIZABETH | 1,140 | 78.1% | 67.8% |
| Christopher Columbus Middle School CLIFTON | 1,092 | 74.1% | 32.2% |
| Belleville Middle School BELLEVILLE | 685 | 71.5% | 25.6% |
| Long Branch Middle School LONG BRANCH | 1,142 | 81.6% | 22.6% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Franklin L. Williams School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #365 of 433 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #365 of 437 ▼ 11 | #11 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #353 of 437 ▼ 21 | #11 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 906 | #62 of 445 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #347 of 417 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #317 of 419 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.9% | #26 of 436 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #103 of 122 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
+25 (+3%) vs 2020
+19% since 2010-11, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 73 | 12.4:1 | 82% (742) |
| 2023-24 | 882 | 65.1 | 13.6:1 | 78% (688) |
| 2022-23 | 854 | 66 | 12.9:1 | 61% (524) |
| 2020-21 | 881 | 69 | 12.8:1 | 73% (640) |
| 2017-18 | 890 | 68 | 13.1:1 | 84% (744) |
| 2015-16 | 890 | 74 | 12.0:1 | 85% (753) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 53 | 14.4:1 | 81% (614) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin L. Williams School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (890 to 906); teachers up 7% (68 to 73).
About Franklin L. Williams School
Franklin L. Williams School is a large middle school that serves part of JERSEY CITY, New Jersey. The school's enrollment of 906 students covers grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students each.
Franklin L. Williams School sits within Jersey City Public Schools, which has 39 schools and 24,151 students.
By race and ethnicity, Franklin L. Williams School is 74% Hispanic. The school is also 10% Asian, 8% White, and 7% Black. That is higher than the 41% Hispanic share among all Hudson County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Franklin L. Williams School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 43%.
Staffing totals 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. That ratio is over the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Franklin L. Williams School is 82%. The average for public schools in Hudson County is 68%.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Franklin L. Williams School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Franklin L. Williams School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 21.3%. Franklin L. Williams School scores 25.5%, 4.2 points above that line.
Hudson County census figures show that median household income is about $91,795, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Franklin L. Williams School is among the 130 public schools in Hudson County.
Of nearby public schools, Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 40.5%, higher than Franklin L. Williams School's 25.5%.
The NCES locale for Franklin L. Williams School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 3%, from 881 to 906.
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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
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
- 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
Nearby schools
- Patricia M. Noonan School PS #260.2 mi · 539
- Jersey City Golden Door Charter School0.3 mi · 662
- Jotham W. Wakeman School0.4 mi · 617
- Nicolaus Copernicus School0.6 mi · 497
- Charles E. Trefurt School0.6 mi · 668
- Mahatma K. Gandhi School0.6 mi · 821
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin L. Williams SchoolHow large is Franklin L. Williams School?
Franklin L. Williams School enrolls approximately 906 students in grades 06-08.
Is Franklin L. Williams School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin L. Williams School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Franklin L. Williams School have?
Franklin L. Williams School employs 73 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
How diverse is Franklin L. Williams School?
Franklin L. Williams School reports a student body of 8% White, 74% Hispanic, 7% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Franklin L. Williams School public or private?
Franklin L. Williams 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.