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Enrollment
640
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAYONNE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340126002712
John M. Bailey Community School
75 WEST 10TH STREET, BAYONNE, NJ 07002 · (201) 858-5824 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
407 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 13% larger than its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
68.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +10.5pp since 2023
Math
41.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 41.6% |
| 2023-24 | 57.5% | 38.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 John M. Bailey Community School
John M. Bailey Community School's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John M. Bailey Community School this school | 640 | 63.6% | 46.5% |
| Henry E. Harris Community School BAYONNE | 657 | 62.9% | 33.8% |
| Roland Rogers Elementary School GALLOWAY | 578 | 61.2% | 31.6% |
| Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School MAPLE SHADE | 554 | 57.4% | 23.9% |
| Woodrow Wilson Community School BAYONNE | 740 | 67.4% | 36.2% |
| Mary J Donohoe Community School BAYONNE | 501 | 66.9% | 38.9% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary 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 John M. Bailey Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #608 of 1,290 | #16 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #760 of 1,319 ▲ 8 | #26 of 84 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #309 of 1,319 ▲ 210 | #12 of 84 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #169 of 1,562 | #30 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #788 of 1,390 | #48 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #138 of 1,392 | #19 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.6% | #423 of 1,481 | #59 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #667 of 798 | #53 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
640
-16 (-2%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 640 | 55 | 11.6:1 | 64% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 632 | 54 | 11.7:1 | 57% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 655 | 51 | 12.8:1 | 60% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 47 | 14.0:1 | 54% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 43 | 15.4:1 | 59% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 681 | 45 | 15.1:1 | 64% (439) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 43 | 15.4:1 | 53% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 36 | 18.4:1 | 36% (240) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 22 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John M. Bailey Community School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (664 to 640); teachers up 28% (43 to 55).
About John M. Bailey Community School
John M. Bailey Community School is a large elementary school with its address in BAYONNE, New Jersey. The school's enrollment of 640 students covers pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 58% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
The 13 schools in Bayonne School District enroll 10,325 students altogether, John M. Bailey Community School among them.
John M. Bailey Community School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 44%. Smaller groups are 25% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 32% of Hudson County residents are White. By the diversity index, John M. Bailey Community School comes in at 70%.
Federal data list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers at John M. Bailey Community School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.6:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is about 11.4:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 64%.
The allk12 Grade for John M. Bailey Community School is B+. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, John M. Bailey Community School does better than predicted by 15.1 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.5%; the prediction is 31.4%.
Hudson County has about 718,323 residents, and median household income is about $91,795, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 130 public schools in Hudson County, with a combined enrollment of about 86,216.
The closest public school to John M. Bailey Community School is Mary J Donohoe Community School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of John M. Bailey Community School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, John M. Bailey Community School is ahead of the 40.6% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 656 to 640. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.0 to 11.6 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for John M. Bailey Community School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Bayonne School District
- Bayonne High SchoolHigh · 2,830 students
- William Shemin Midtown Community School #8Elementary · 1,203 students
- Walter F. Robinson Community SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Woodrow Wilson Community SchoolElementary · 740 students
- Horace Mann Community SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Washington Community School #9Elementary · 691 students
Other schools in BAYONNE
- Bayonne High SchoolHigh · 2,830 students
- William Shemin Midtown Community School #8Elementary · 1,203 students
- Walter F. Robinson Community SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Woodrow Wilson Community SchoolElementary · 740 students
- Horace Mann Community SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Washington Community School #9Elementary · 691 students
Nearby schools
- Mary J Donohoe Community School0.4 mi · 501
- Henry E. Harris Community School0.5 mi · 657
- William Shemin Midtown Community School #80.7 mi · 1,203
- Nicholas Oresko Community School0.9 mi · 388
- Philip G. Vroom Community School0.9 mi · 433
- Bayonne High School1.1 mi · 2,830
Frequently asked questions
About John M. Bailey Community SchoolHow large is John M. Bailey Community School?
John M. Bailey Community School enrolls approximately 640 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does John M. Bailey Community School serve?
John M. Bailey Community School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does John M. Bailey Community School have?
John M. Bailey Community School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is John M. Bailey Community School?
John M. Bailey Community School reports a student body of 44% White, 25% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is John M. Bailey Community School in?
John M. Bailey Community School is part of Bayonne School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.