High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12
James J Ferris High School, Jersey City, NJ
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 1,364
- Teachers (FTE)
- 99.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- Grades
- 9 to 12
This school's ratio is 1.7 higher 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.
School details
- Address
- 35 Colgate St, Jersey City, NJ 07302
- Phone
- (201)915-6660
- District
- Jersey City Public Schools
- County
- Hudson County
- Level
- High
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Large
- NCES school ID
- 340783002774
School meals
- Free lunch
- 936
- Reduced-price lunch
- 48
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 98472.1% of enrollment.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- No
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 high schools in Jersey City Public Schools
- William L Dickinson High School 1,786 students
- Lincoln High School 767 students
- Henry Snyder High School 729 students
- Dr Ronald McNair High School 716 students
- Innovation High School 301 students
- Infinity Institute 265 students
- Liberty High School 193 students
High schools elsewhere in Jersey City
- County Prep High School Hudson County Schools of Technology School District
- University Academy Charter High School University Academy Charter High School
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.