Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey
At Whitney M. Young, Jr. School, 2.2% of Black students meet proficient — 6.1 points below the 8.3% recorded for all students at the same school, and 22.9 points below the 25.1% average for Black students across Jersey City Public Schools.
Among the 21 schools in Jersey City Public Schools with reportable Black student results, this one ranks 20th. Across New Jersey, the average for Black students is 24.9%.
Compare New Jersey schools ›Share of students meeting proficient at Whitney M. Young, Jr. School. A group is omitted when too few students were tested to report safely.
The schools ranked immediately above and below this one for Black student results, so the number above has something to sit against.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 This school | 8.3% | 2.2% | 11.9% | — | — |
| Franklin L. Williams School Magnet | 28% | 0.3% | 24% | 33.6% | 42.1% |
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