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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Mary J Donohoe Community School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAYONNE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340126002720
Mary J Donohoe Community School
25 East 5th Street, BAYONNE, NJ 07002 · (201) 858-5969 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% 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.
- A-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
10.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
335 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 | 49 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (52).
Student demographics
66%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
53.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
34.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.7% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 33.8% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Mary J Donohoe Community School
Mary J Donohoe Community School's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary J Donohoe Community School this school | 501 | 66.9% | 38.9% |
| Lakehurst Elementary School LAKEHURST | 411 | 69.1% | 17.3% |
| John M. Bailey Community School BAYONNE | 640 | 63.6% | 46.5% |
| Henry E. Harris Community School BAYONNE | 657 | 62.9% | 33.8% |
| Philip G. Vroom Community School BAYONNE | 433 | 70.9% | 44.6% |
| Roland Rogers Elementary School GALLOWAY | 578 | 61.2% | 31.6% |
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 Mary J Donohoe Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #777 of 1,290 | #37 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #879 of 1,319 ▼ 30 | #41 of 84 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #621 of 1,319 ▼ 18 | #24 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #404 of 1,562 | #53 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #585 of 1,390 | #32 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #271 of 1,392 | #28 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.9% | #391 of 1,481 | #56 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.4% | #341 of 545 | #17 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
501
+42 (+9%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 501 | 46 | 10.9:1 | 67% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 62% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 62% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 49% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 28 | 16.8:1 | 55% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 64% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 55% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 23 | 18.9:1 | 40% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 17 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary J Donohoe Community School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (471 to 501); teachers up 64% (28 to 46).
About Mary J Donohoe Community School
Mary J Donohoe Community School is a medium-sized elementary school in BAYONNE, New Jersey. Students in pre-K through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 501 students. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 24% bigger than that.
Mary J Donohoe Community School is part of Bayonne School District, where 13 schools serve 10,325 students.
White students are the largest group at Mary J Donohoe Community School, with 49% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Hudson County as a whole is about 32% White, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Mary J Donohoe Community School comes in at 66%.
At Mary J Donohoe Community School, 46 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.9:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 11.4:1, a similar figure. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 67% of enrollment. Across public schools in Hudson County, the average is about the same, 68%.
Mary J Donohoe Community School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Mary J Donohoe Community School is 9.3 points above its prediction. Actual: 38.9%. Predicted: 29.6%.
Census Bureau estimates for Hudson County show that 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.
Henry E. Harris Community School is the public school closest to Mary J Donohoe Community School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Mary J Donohoe Community School is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Mary J Donohoe Community School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 459 to 501. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.9:1) than in 2020-21 (14.3:1).
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. 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
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- 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
- Henry E. Harris Community School0.2 mi · 657
- John M. Bailey Community School0.4 mi · 640
- Nicholas Oresko Community School1.0 mi · 388
- William Shemin Midtown Community School #81.1 mi · 1,203
- PS 20 PORT RICHMOND1.1 mi · 277
- Philip G. Vroom Community School1.2 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About Mary J Donohoe Community SchoolHow many students attend Mary J Donohoe Community School?
Mary J Donohoe Community School enrolls approximately 501 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Mary J Donohoe Community School serve?
Mary J Donohoe Community School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mary J Donohoe Community School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mary J Donohoe Community School is approximately 10.9:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mary J Donohoe Community School?
At Mary J Donohoe Community School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 25% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary J Donohoe Community School?
Mary J Donohoe Community School is overseen by Bayonne School District in Hudson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.