Jersey City Community Charter School

Located at 128 DANFORTH AVENUE, in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Jersey City Community Charter School is a reasonably sized elementary school that hosts 561 students (grades K through 8), overseen by Jersey City Community Charter School. Enrollment runs roughly 39% larger than the state mean of about 405.

Jersey City Community Charter School sits inside Jersey City Community Charter School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Jersey City Community Charter School logs that Black students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Jersey City Community Charter School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 83% of students at Jersey City Community Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hudson County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jersey City Community Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.5%.

Around the school, Hudson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), Jersey City Community Charter School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jersey City Community Charter School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jersey City Community Charter School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.2%.

Jersey City Community Charter School operates from an urban location. Jersey City Community Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jersey City Community Charter School's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 588 (now 561). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 27% to 34%.

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