Middle School # 4

Middle School # 4 is a 6-8 campus of reasonably sized scale in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, operated by Jersey City Public Schools, works with 755 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 578 students each, so Middle School # 4 sits 31% bigger than that benchmark.

Middle School # 4 is one of 39 schools operated by Jersey City Public Schools, a district that works with 24,151 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Middle School # 4 logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Asian, 19% White, 19% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably less Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Middle School # 4 higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hudson County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Middle School # 4 ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.8%; Middle School # 4 posts 50.8%, +15.0 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Hudson County reports that median household income runs about $91,795, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Middle School # 4 is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students).

The closest other public school is Frank R Conwell School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Middle School # 4 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 774 students in 2018 compared to 755 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 30% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Middle School # 4 typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.