Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340783002794
Julia A. Barnes School
91 ASTOR PLACE, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07304 · (201) 915-6420 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
13.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
306 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 144 | 33% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 5% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
41.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +23.4pp since 2023
Math
41.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +27.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 27 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.3% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 17.9% | 13.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 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 Julia A. Barnes School
Julia A. Barnes School's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julia A. Barnes School this school | 433 | 70.7% | 28.6% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School PENNSAUKEN | 418 | 69.1% | 26.5% |
| Berkeley Elementary School Bloomfield | 453 | 68.2% | 26.9% |
| Solve D'Ippolito Elementary School VINELAND | 504 | 68.7% | 36.3% |
| Carteret Elementary School Bloomfield | 383 | 72.6% | 39.1% |
| Casimer M. Dallago Jr. Impact Center VINELAND | 341 | 71.8% | N/A |
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 Julia A. Barnes School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #990 of 1,290 | #67 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #763 of 1,319 ▲ 431 | #27 of 84 ▲ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #901 of 1,319 ▲ 326 | #58 of 84 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #594 of 1,562 | #60 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,145 of 1,390 | #68 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #514 of 1,392 | #41 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.7% | #341 of 1,481 | #46 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.7% | #238 of 545 | #11 of 24 |
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
433
+130 (+43%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 8.0:1
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 | 433 | 32.5 | 13.3:1 | 71% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 33.1 | 9.3:1 | 60% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 36.5 | 9.3:1 | 48% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 38 | 8.0:1 | 52% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 35.5 | 11.0:1 | 72% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 36 | 9.0:1 | 85% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 87% (362) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 38 | 11.3:1 | 79% (341) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 35 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Julia A. Barnes School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (391 to 433); teachers down 8% (35.5 to 32.5).
About Julia A. Barnes School
Students in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, attend Julia A. Barnes School, a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 433 students enrolled.
Jersey City Public Schools oversees Julia A. Barnes School and 38 other schools, with 24,151 students in total.
A majority of students at Julia A. Barnes School, 59%, are Hispanic. Next come 17% Black, 17% White, and 7% Asian. The county population is about 41% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Julia A. Barnes School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
The school has about 13.3 students per teacher and 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, lower than at this school. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Julia A. Barnes School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Julia A. Barnes School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 28.6% actual against 27.5% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hudson County, median household income is about $91,795, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. A total of 130 public schools operate in Hudson County, serving about 86,216 students.
The next-closest public school is Lincoln High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Julia A. Barnes School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Julia A. Barnes School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Julia A. Barnes School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Julia A. Barnes School reported 303 students in 2020-21 and 433 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. The school's ratio rose from 8.0:1 to 13.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Julia A. Barnes SchoolHow many students attend Julia A. Barnes School?
Julia A. Barnes School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Julia A. Barnes School serve?
Julia A. Barnes School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Julia A. Barnes School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Julia A. Barnes School is approximately 13.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Julia A. Barnes School?
At Julia A. Barnes School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 59% Hispanic, 17% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Julia A. Barnes School public or private?
Julia A. Barnes School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jersey City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.