Enrollment
357
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THE ETHICAL COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTIRCT·NCES 340072703029
The Ethical Community Charter School
95 Broadway, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306 · (201) 984-4151 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
16 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
193 students
STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 9% larger than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
45.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
29.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.6% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 25.3% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like The Ethical Community Charter School
The Ethical Community Charter School's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ethical Community Charter School this school | 357 | 54.1% | 30.1% |
| Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School METUCHEN | 330 | 53.3% | 43.1% |
| Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 Jersey City | 539 | 54.5% | 35.5% |
| Bartle Elementary School HIGHLAND PARK | 405 | 51.9% | 41.1% |
| Kennedy Park Elementary School ISELIN | 256 | 44.5% | N/A |
| Madison Park Elementary School PARLIN | 328 | 39.3% | 54.0% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where The Ethical Community Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #954 of 1,290 | #62 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #978 of 1,319 ▲ 34 | #58 of 84 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #818 of 1,319 ▲ 58 | #47 of 84 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #864 of 1,562 | #71 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #1,387 of 1,390 | #86 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.7% | #10 of 1,392 | #5 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #539 of 1,481 | #72 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #599 of 798 | #45 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
357
-33 (-8%) vs 2020
+143% since 2010-11, when it was 147
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 357 | 16 | 22.3:1 | 54% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 16 | 21.9:1 | 52% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 380 | 19 | 20.0:1 | 49% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 35 | 11.1:1 | 51% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 35 | 10.8:1 | 42% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 31 | 11.1:1 | 39% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 147 | 9 | 16.3:1 | 35% (52) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for The Ethical Community Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (377 to 357); teachers down 54% (35 to 16).
About The Ethical Community Charter School
The Ethical Community Charter School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey. The school's 357 students are in pre-K through 8.
The Ethical Community Charter School is run by The Ethical Community Charter School School Distirct.
The most common group at The Ethical Community Charter School is Asian students, at 32%. The school is also 25% White, 24% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 5% multiracial. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 17%. The Ethical Community Charter School's diversity index is 76%, against a US figure of 70%.
The Ethical Community Charter School's 16 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 22.3:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 22.3:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 54%. The average for public schools in Hudson County is 68%.
The allk12 Grade for The Ethical Community Charter School is C-. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The Ethical Community Charter School scores 30.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 36.6%.
Hudson County has these Census figures: the median household income is $91,795, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Hudson County has 130 public schools and roughly 86,216 students.
The next-closest public school is Mahatma K. Gandhi School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, The Ethical Community Charter School is behind the 35.5% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when The Ethical Community Charter School had 390 students, to 2024-25, when it had 357. By 2024-25, the school had 22.3 students per teacher, compared with 11.1 in 2020-21.
The Ethical Community Charter School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
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- Mahatma K. Gandhi School0.2 mi · 821
- Liberty High School0.2 mi · 193
- Jersey City Golden Door Charter School0.5 mi · 662
- Kindle Education Public Charter School0.5 mi · 87
- Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School0.6 mi · 320
- Martin Luther King Jr. School0.6 mi · 752
Frequently asked questions
About The Ethical Community Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at The Ethical Community Charter School?
The Ethical Community Charter School enrolls approximately 357 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does The Ethical Community Charter School serve?
The Ethical Community Charter School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at The Ethical Community Charter School?
Approximately 22.3:1 students per teacher at The Ethical Community Charter School.
How diverse is The Ethical Community Charter School?
The Ethical Community Charter School reports a student body of 25% White, 24% Hispanic, 12% Black, 32% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees The Ethical Community Charter School?
The Ethical Community Charter School is overseen by The Ethical Community Charter School School Distirct in Hudson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.