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Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School, Jersey City, NJ

CEP schoolDr. Charles P. DeFuccio School is a public elementary school in Jersey City, part of Jersey City Public Schools. It enrolled 320 students in 2024-25, with 8.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
320
Teachers (FTE)
39.0
Students per teacher
8.2
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is 3.9 lower than the district figure of 12.1. The New Jersey average across schools is 11.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school8.2
District12.1
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
214 Plainfield Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Phone
(201)915-6560
District
Jersey City Public Schools
County
Hudson County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
340783002832
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
219
Reduced-price lunch
19
Free or reduced-price lunch
23874.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Jersey City Public Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Jersey City

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.