Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26

Set in Jersey City, New Jersey, Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 is a medium-sized elementary school, part of Jersey City Public Schools. It hosts 539 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 sits 33% bigger than that benchmark.

Jersey City Public Schools comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 24,151 students; Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 is among them.

On demographics, Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 reports that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 33% Asian, 17% White, 10% Black, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hudson County (around 68%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.3%; this one delivers 35.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hudson County put median household earnings sit near $91,795, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 is one campus in the mix.

Franklin L. Williams School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 57%: 344 students in 2018 compared to 539 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 38% to 33% across the same window.

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