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Jersey City Public School District

  • Schools
    49
  • Students
    30,000
  • Teachers
    2,326

Jersey City Public School District is a public school district in New Jersey. They serve 30,000 students across 49 schools, and its teachers have had 2,101 projects funded on DonorsChoose.

  • Contact Jersey City Public School District Contact data is sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) annual survey process, so apologies if it's out of date!

  • (201) 915-6000
  • 346 Claremont Ave
  • Jersey City, NJ-1634
  • Website

Jersey City Public School District Demographics

71%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch We receive data about students' economic need from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) based on the Free or Reduced Price Lunch scale. Learn more.
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
73%
of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian Numbers may not add up to 100 due to NCES survey limitations.

Schools in districts that mainly serve students of color receive substantially less state and local support than similar districts that serve primarily White students. Learn more about this gap, why it exists, and how you can help close it.

Jersey City Public School District Funding Data from the NCES School District Finance Survey

Jersey City Public School District had a total revenue of $742.3 million in the 2016-17 school year. 18.1% came from local sources, 76.3% from state sources, and 5.6% from federal sources.

Jersey City Public School District had a per-pupil revenue of $24,742 per pupil in the 2016-17 school year. 18.1% came from local sources, 76.3% from state sources, and 5.6% from federal sources.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

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Jersey City Public School District Support on DonorsChoose Last updated Sep 27, 2023

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Jersey City Public School District

$1.4 million
raised using DonorsChoose
2,101
projects funded
618
teachers funded
6,982
donors
121
projects for basic supplies
359
projects for technology
344
projects for books
122
projects for art supplies

Jersey City Public School District has received support from 4,344 individuals from New Jersey and 2,638 individuals out-of-state.

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Jersey City Public School District Schools

Academy 1 Middle School Alexander Sullivan Elementary School 30 Alfred Zampella Elementary School 27 Patricia Noonan School PS 26 Anthony J. Infante ECC Chaplin Watters Elementary School 24 Christa McAuliffe School 28 Cornelia Bradford Elementary School 16 Cornelia F Bradford School 16 Annex Danforth Ave Early Childhood Center Renaissance Institute Dr C Defuccio Elementary School 39 Dr Michael Conti Elementary School 5 Dr Ronald McNair Academic High School Ezra Nolan Middle School 40 Frank Conwell Middle School 4 Frank R Conwell Elementary School 3 Franklin L Williams Middle School 7 Martin Center for the Arts Gladys Cannon Nunery School 29 Glenn Cunningham ECC Henry Snyder High School Infinity Institute Innovation High School James J Ferris High School James Murray Elementary School 38 Jersey City Community Charter School - Middle Joseph Brensinger Elementary School 17 Jotham W Wakeman School 6 Julia A Barnes Elementary School 12 Liberty High School Lincoln High School Mahatma Gandhi Elementary School 23 Annex 1&2 Mahatma Gandhi Elementary School 23 Annex K Mahatma Gandhi Elementary School 23 Martin L King Junior Elementary School 11 Nicolaus Copernicus School 25 Ollie Culbreth Junior School 14 PS 23 Annex Marc Anthony Dinardo Dr Maya Angelou PS 20 Dr Paul Rafalides PS 33 Barak Obama Public School 34 Rafael Cordero Y Molina Elementary School 37 Regional Day School Rev Dr Ercel F Webb School 22 TEAM Program Charles E Trefurt School 8 Whitney M Young Junior Elementary School 15 William Dickinson High School
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