Mary J Donohoe Community School

Set in BAYONNE, New Jersey, Mary J Donohoe Community School is a medium-sized primary school, overseen by Bayonne School District. It works with 501 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Mary J Donohoe Community School sits 24% above that benchmark.

Bayonne School District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 10,325 students; Mary J Donohoe Community School is among them.

On demographics, Mary J Donohoe Community School logs that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

On the income-and-resources front, Mary J Donohoe Community School logs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mary J Donohoe Community School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hudson County indicate median household earnings sit near $91,795, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Mary J Donohoe Community School is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students).

Henry E. Harris Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mary J Donohoe Community School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mary J Donohoe Community School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mary J Donohoe Community School has expanded 6%, going from 471 students in 2018 to 501 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 35% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.