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Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340783002838
Martin Center for the Arts
59 WILKINSON AVE, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07305 · (201) 915-6590 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
303 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 43 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 9% larger than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
53%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
13.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
6.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.7% | 6.7% |
| 2023-24 | 16.9% | 7.0% |
% 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
10.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Martin Center for the Arts
Martin Center for the Arts's state test result (10.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Center for the Arts this school | 359 | 84.4% | 10.1% |
| Ollie Culbreth Jr. School JERSEY CITY | 335 | 85.4% | 9.0% |
| South 17th Street School NEWARK | 368 | 90.8% | 21.6% |
| Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary TRENTON | 353 | 84.1% | 8.1% |
| W. R. James Sr. Elementary School WILLINGBORO | 408 | 78.4% | 17.2% |
| President Barack Obama Elementary School JERSEY CITY | 425 | 84.0% | 13.3% |
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 Martin Center for the Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #1,253 of 1,290 | #81 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.7% | #1,294 of 1,319 ▼ 7 | #82 of 84 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #1,281 of 1,319 ▼ 37 | #82 of 84 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #853 of 1,562 | #70 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #499 of 1,390 | #23 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #725 of 1,392 | #47 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.4% | #141 of 1,481 | #16 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #250 of 798 | #31 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
359
-71 (-17%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 869
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 359 | 34 | 10.6:1 | 84% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 39 | 11.1:1 | 75% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 39 | 10.9:1 | 72% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 40 | 10.8:1 | 69% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 83% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 38 | 10.8:1 | 88% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 46 | 9.0:1 | 91% (378) |
| 2000-01 | 918 | 59 | 15.6:1 | 79% (721) |
| 1990-91 | 869 | 56 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Center for the Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (428 to 359); teachers down 3% (35 to 34).
About Martin Center for the Arts
Martin Center for the Arts is a medium-sized elementary school in New Jersey, with an address in JERSEY CITY. Enrolled students number 359 students, in pre-K through 8.
In Jersey City Public Schools, 39 schools enroll a combined 24,151 students.
By race and ethnicity, Martin Center for the Arts is 60% Black. It is also 32% Hispanic and 4% White. For comparison, the population of Hudson County is roughly 12% Black. By the diversity index, Martin Center for the Arts comes in at 53%.
Teachers at the school number 34 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.6:1. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Hudson County report 68%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Martin Center for the Arts receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Martin Center for the Arts would be expected to post about 20.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 10.1%.
Across Hudson County, median household income is about $91,795, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Hudson County number 130 and enroll about 86,216.
Of nearby public schools, Whitney M. Young Jr. School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Martin Center for the Arts comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Martin Center for the Arts went from 430 students to 359.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Jersey City Public Schools
- William L Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 1,786 students
- James J Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Cornelia F. Bradford SchoolElementary · 1,082 students
- Joseph H. Brensinger SchoolElementary · 926 students
- Christa McAuliffe SchoolElementary · 906 students
- Franklin L. Williams SchoolMiddle · 906 students
Other schools in JERSEY CITY
- William L Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 1,786 students
- BelovED Community Charter SchoolCombined · 1,573 students
- James J Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Empowerment Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,272 students
- Cornelia F. Bradford SchoolElementary · 1,082 students
- Joseph H. Brensinger SchoolElementary · 926 students
Nearby schools
- Whitney M. Young Jr. School0.3 mi · 623
- Gladys Nunery School0.3 mi · 251
- Academy I0.5 mi · 415
- Innovation High School0.5 mi · 301
- Henry Snyder High School0.5 mi · 729
- Ollie Culbreth Jr. School0.7 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Center for the ArtsHow large is Martin Center for the Arts?
Martin Center for the Arts enrolls approximately 359 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Martin Center for the Arts serve?
Martin Center for the Arts serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Martin Center for the Arts?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martin Center for the Arts is approximately 10.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Martin Center for the Arts?
Martin Center for the Arts reports a student body of 4% White, 32% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Martin Center for the Arts public or private?
Martin Center for the Arts 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.