Nicolaus Copernicus School

Set in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Nicolaus Copernicus School is a mid-sized K-5 school, run under Jersey City Public Schools. It caters to 497 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Nicolaus Copernicus School sits 23% larger than that benchmark.

Nicolaus Copernicus School is one of 39 schools operated by Jersey City Public Schools, a district that teaches 24,151 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Nicolaus Copernicus School lists that the most-represented group is Asian (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 38% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 17% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at Nicolaus Copernicus School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hudson County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nicolaus Copernicus School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hudson County put the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), Nicolaus Copernicus School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jersey City Global Charter School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Nicolaus Copernicus School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 32%: 727 students in 2018 compared to 497 in 2025.

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