John M. Bailey Community School

Set in BAYONNE, New Jersey, John M. Bailey Community School is a high-enrollment elementary school, part of Bayonne School District. It hosts 640 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so John M. Bailey Community School sits 58% bigger than that benchmark.

Bayonne School District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 10,325 students; John M. Bailey Community School is among them.

Demographically, John M. Bailey Community School records that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Hudson County as a whole is about 32% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, John M. Bailey Community School has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 64% of students at John M. Bailey Community School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John M. Bailey Community School sits in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.4%; actual is 46.5%, +15.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hudson County put median household income runs about $91,795, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), John M. Bailey Community School is one campus in the mix.

Mary J Donohoe Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John M. Bailey Community School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 664 students in 2018 compared to 640 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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