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University Academy Charter High School, Jersey City, NJ

Charter schoolUniversity Academy Charter High School is a public high school in Jersey City, part of University Academy Charter High School. It enrolled 429 students in 2024-25, with 10.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
429
Teachers (FTE)
40.0
Students per teacher
10.7
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 10.7. The New Jersey average across schools is 11.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.7
District10.7
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
275 West Side Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07305
Phone
(201)200-3200
District
University Academy Charter High School
County
Hudson County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
340007300531
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
299
Reduced-price lunch
45
Free or reduced-price lunch
34480.2% 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

High 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.