Rafael Cordero y Molina

Located at 158 ERIE ST, in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Rafael Cordero y Molina is a sizable primary school that caters to 794 students (grades pre-K through 8), operated by Jersey City Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 96% above typical.

Jersey City Public Schools comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 24,151 students; Rafael Cordero y Molina is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rafael Cordero y Molina logs that 28% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Asian, 25% White, 19% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the resource side, On paper, Rafael Cordero y Molina has 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible 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 below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rafael Cordero y Molina sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.9%; this one delivers 39.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding 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 the poverty rate sits near 11%. Rafael Cordero y Molina is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students).

Nearest neighbor: Explore Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rafael Cordero y Molina. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rafael Cordero y Molina at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.1%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 822 students in 2018 compared to 794 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 39% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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