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Enrollment
623
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340783002798
Whitney M. Young Jr. School
135 STEGMAN ST, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07305 · (201) 915-6440 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.7:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
540 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 79 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 75% larger than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
11.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
5.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.6% | 5.0% |
| 2023-24 | 8.8% | 4.6% |
% 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
6.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 6% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Whitney M. Young Jr. School
Whitney M. Young Jr. School's state test result (6.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney M. Young Jr. School this school | 623 | 86.7% | 6.5% |
| Pennsylvania Ave School Atlantic City | 566 | 85.7% | 15.7% |
| Jersey City Community Charter School JERSEY CITY | 561 | 82.5% | 28.5% |
| Quitman Street School NEWARK | 706 | 84.4% | 9.7% |
| Camden Street Elementary School NEWARK | 685 | 86.0% | 10.4% |
| Uptown School Complex Atlantic City | 518 | 90.3% | 10.4% |
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 Whitney M. Young Jr. School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.5% | #1,280 of 1,290 | #83 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.0% | #1,309 of 1,319 ▼ 1 | #84 of 84 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #1,295 of 1,319 ▲ 4 | #83 of 84 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #193 of 1,562 | #35 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #548 of 1,390 | #29 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #683 of 1,392 | #46 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #102 of 1,481 | #9 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #342 of 798 | #38 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
623
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 975
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 623 | 58 | 10.7:1 | 87% (540) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 63.1 | 9.6:1 | 77% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 655 | 59.5 | 11.0:1 | 71% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 609 | 61 | 10.0:1 | 75% (455) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 60 | 11.8:1 | 82% (581) |
| 2015-16 | 829 | 77 | 10.8:1 | 81% (668) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 50 | 13.0:1 | 90% (587) |
| 2000-01 | 929 | 73 | 12.7:1 | 81% (751) |
| 1990-91 | 975 | 65 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitney M. Young Jr. School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (711 to 623); teachers down 3% (60 to 58).
About Whitney M. Young Jr. School
Whitney M. Young Jr. School is a large elementary school in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, (ZIP code 07305). The student body numbers 623 students, from pre-K through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New Jersey) has about 405 students.
Jersey City Public Schools has 24,151 students in 39 schools, and Whitney M. Young Jr. School is one of those schools.
At Whitney M. Young Jr. School, Black students make up 58% of the student body. After that, the student body is 35% Hispanic, 3% White, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Hudson County is about 12% Black. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 10.7:1, with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Whitney M. Young Jr. School is 87%. The average for public schools in Hudson County is 68%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Whitney M. Young Jr. School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Whitney M. Young Jr. School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 6.5% is 12.2 points below the 18.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Hudson County this way: 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.
Of nearby public schools, Martin Center for the Arts is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Whitney M. Young Jr. School. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Whitney M. Young Jr. School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show 609 students in 2020-21 and 623 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Jersey City Public Schools
- William L Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 1,786 students
- James J Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Cornelia F. Bradford SchoolElementary · 1,082 students
- Joseph H. Brensinger SchoolElementary · 926 students
- Christa McAuliffe SchoolElementary · 906 students
- Franklin L. Williams SchoolMiddle · 906 students
Other schools in JERSEY CITY
- William L Dickinson High SchoolHigh · 1,786 students
- BelovED Community Charter SchoolCombined · 1,573 students
- James J Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Empowerment Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,272 students
- Cornelia F. Bradford SchoolElementary · 1,082 students
- Joseph H. Brensinger SchoolElementary · 926 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Center for the Arts0.3 mi · 359
- Academy I0.4 mi · 415
- President Barack Obama Elementary School0.4 mi · 425
- Gladys Nunery School0.4 mi · 251
- Henry Snyder High School0.5 mi · 729
- Innovation High School0.5 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Whitney M. Young Jr. SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whitney M. Young Jr. School?
Whitney M. Young Jr. School enrolls approximately 623 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Whitney M. Young Jr. School serve?
Whitney M. Young Jr. School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Whitney M. Young Jr. School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Whitney M. Young Jr. School is approximately 10.7:1 (58 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Whitney M. Young Jr. School?
Whitney M. Young Jr. School reports a student body of 3% White, 35% Hispanic, 58% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Whitney M. Young Jr. School public or private?
Whitney M. Young Jr. School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jersey City Public Schools.
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