Joseph H. Brensinger School

Set in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Joseph H. Brensinger School is a high-enrollment elementary school, overseen by Jersey City Public Schools. It caters to 926 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Joseph H. Brensinger School sits 129% larger than that benchmark.

Jersey City Public Schools comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 24,151 students; Joseph H. Brensinger School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Joseph H. Brensinger School lists that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 30% Hispanic, 19% Black, 8% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Joseph H. Brensinger School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Hudson County's rate of about 68%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Joseph H. Brensinger School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hudson County shows median household earnings sit near $91,795, 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), Joseph H. Brensinger School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Julia A. Barnes School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joseph H. Brensinger School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Joseph H. Brensinger School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 32.7%.

Joseph H. Brensinger School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Joseph H. Brensinger School's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 1,246 (now 926). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 35% to 30%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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