Regular local school district · Hudson County
Jersey City Public Schools, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
Jersey City Public Schools runs 39 public schools with 25,951 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is about the same as the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 39
- Students
- 25,951
- Teachers (FTE)
- 2,137
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 346 Claremont Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07305
- Phone
- (201)915-6201
- County
- Hudson County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3407830
- State district ID
- NJ-172390
- Total staff (FTE)
- 4,225
- School counselors (FTE)
- 74.0About 351 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 94.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (26,782), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $845.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $55.6 million
- State revenue
- $504.7 million
- Local revenue
- $285.4 million
- Total spending
- $776.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $28,991
- Salaries
- $328.8 million42.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.6%
- State: 59.7%
- Local: 33.7%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$28,991
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in Jersey City Public Schools
By level: 8 high, 4 middle, 26 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Academy I | Middle | 6 to 8 | 415 | 13.8 |
| Alexander D. Sullivan SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 638 | 12.0 |
| Alfred Zampella SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 629 | 10.8 |
| Chaplain Charles Watters SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 586 | 11.5 |
| Charles E. Trefurt SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 668 | 9.7 |
| Christa McAuliffe SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 906 | 12.1 |
| Cornelia F. Bradford School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 1,082 | 19.7 |
| Dr Ronald McNair High School | High | 9 to 12 | 716 | 13.3 |
| Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 320 | 8.2 |
| Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 607 | 13.8 |
| Dr. Michael Conti School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 651 | 11.6 |
| Dr. Paul Rafalides SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 318 | 11.4 |
| Ezra L. Nolan SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 250 | 8.1 |
| Frank R Conwell School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 605 | 11.9 |
| Franklin L. Williams School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 906 | 12.4 |
| Gladys Nunery SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 251 | 10.9 |
| Henry Snyder High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 729 | 8.7 |
| Infinity Institute | High | 6 to 12 | 265 | 11.0 |
| Innovation High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 301 | |
| James F. Murray SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 642 | 13.7 |
| James J Ferris High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,364 | 13.8 |
| Joseph H. Brensinger SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 926 | 9.7 |
| Jotham W. Wakeman School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 617 | 11.2 |
| Julia A. Barnes SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 433 | 13.5 |
| Liberty High School | High | 9 to 12 | 193 | 7.7 |
| Lincoln High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 767 | 12.8 |
| Mahatma K. Gandhi SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 821 | 10.1 |
| Martin Center for the ArtsCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 359 | 10.6 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 752 | 11.8 |
| Middle School # 4 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 755 | 16.1 |
| Nicolaus Copernicus School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 497 | 10.6 |
| Ollie Culbreth Jr. SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 335 | 8.8 |
| Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 539 | 9.8 |
| President Barack Obama Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 425 | 12.1 |
| Rafael Cordero y Molina | Elementary | PK to 8 | 794 | 10.7 |
| Regional Day SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 67 | 6.1 |
| Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 613 | 9.0 |
| Whitney M. Young Jr. SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 623 | 10.7 |
| William L Dickinson High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,786 | 13.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hudson County
- Union City School District 12,764 students
- Bayonne School District 10,825 students
- West New York School District 8,008 students
- North Bergen School District 7,082 students
- Kearny School District 5,484 students
- Hoboken Public School District 3,702 students
- Harrison Public Schools 2,466 students
- Hudson County Schools of Technology School District 2,332 students
- Secaucus School District 2,144 students
- BelovED Community Charter 1,573 students
- Weehawken Public School District 1,359 students
- Empowerment Academy Charter School 1,272 students
- Guttenberg School District 983 students
- Hudson Arts and Science Charter School 848 students
- Jersey City Golden Door Charter School 662 students
More in New Jersey
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.