Regional Day School

Located at 425 JOHNSTON AVENUE, in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Regional Day School is a micro-enrollment all-grades campus that serves 67 students (grades pre-K through 12), run under Jersey City Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 93% smaller than the state mean of about 934.

Within Jersey City Public Schools, which oversees 39 schools and 24,151 students, Regional Day School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Regional Day School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% Black, 13% White, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Hudson County's rate of about 68%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hudson County) reports that 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), Regional Day School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Regional Day School.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 25%: 89 students in 2018 compared to 67 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 17% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 4.0:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 today.

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