Gladys Nunery School

Gladys Nunery School, a modestly sized elementary school in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, part of Jersey City Public Schools, works with 251 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 38% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

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

On demographics, Gladys Nunery School records that 60% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 36% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Gladys Nunery School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hudson County (around 68%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gladys Nunery School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Hudson County shows median household earnings sit near $91,795, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Hudson County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), of which Gladys Nunery School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Martin Center for the Arts, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gladys Nunery School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 21.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 35%: 384 students in 2018 compared to 251 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 20% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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