Across 21 schools in Jersey City Public Schools, 25.1% of Black students meet proficient. That is 0.2 points above the New Jersey average for Black students.
Search New Jersey schools ›Average across the 21 schools in Jersey City Public Schools with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
Among the 19 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Academy I reports 73.8% of Black students meeting the standard. Whitney M. Young, Jr. School, in the same district, reports 2.2%. That is a 71.6-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.
Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy I Magnet | 90.4% | 73.8% | 83.3% | 89.5% | 97.3% |
| Dr. Paul Rafalides School | 44.8% | 51.4% | 44.7% | 53.1% | — |
| Frank R Conwell School | 50.3% | 50% | 41.6% | 65.6% | — |
| Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School | 39.6% | 41.5% | 33.9% | — | — |
| Dr. Michael Conti School | 64.9% | 40% | 62.7% | 86.8% | 72% |
| Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb School | 37.8% | 33.6% | 41.3% | — | — |
| Rafael Cordero Y Molina | 49.6% | 32.5% | 37.8% | 0.6% | 89% |
| Gladys Nunery School | 25.6% | 30.4% | 24.6% | — | — |
| James F. Murray School | 37.8% | 29.7% | 35% | 36.4% | 65.5% |
| Joseph H. Brensinger School | 33.8% | 24.9% | 24.3% | 41.5% | 56.8% |
| Middle School # 4 | 53.6% | 20.3% | 31.9% | 72.2% | 94.1% |
| Dr. Charles P. Defuccio School | 20.7% | 16.7% | 19.2% | — | — |
| Mahatma K. Gandhi School | 31.4% | 15.6% | 19.3% | 36.9% | 49.8% |
| Alexander D. Sullivan School | 21.1% | 13.9% | 18.6% | — | — |
| President Barack Obama Elementary School | 17.5% | 13.5% | 19.5% | — | — |
| Ollie Culbreth, Jr. School | 11.1% | 10.1% | 14% | — | — |
| Chaplain Charles Watters School | 14.8% | 10% | 14.7% | 15% | 39.3% |
| Martin Center For The Arts | 10.1% | 9.6% | 6.2% | — | — |
| Ezra L. Nolan School | 9% | 7.8% | 8.3% | — | — |
| Whitney M. Young, Jr. School | 8.3% | 2.2% | 11.9% | — | — |
| Franklin L. Williams School Magnet | 28% | 0.3% | 24% | 33.6% | 42.1% |
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