Jersey City Public Schools

The Jersey City Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district located in Jersey City, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide,[3] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement that the state cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[4][5]

Jersey City Public Schools
Address
346 Claremont Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07305
United States
Coordinates40.714057°N 74.087308°W / 40.714057; -74.087308
District information
GradesPreK to 12
SuperintendentFranklin Walker
Business administratorRegina Robinson
Schools38
Affiliation(s)Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment30,845 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty2,389.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.jcboe.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$22,27395$18,04723.4%
1Budgetary Cost18,1199914,51924.8%
2Classroom Instruction10,454968,58821.7%
6Support Services2,826872,33820.9%
8Administrative Cost1,7731011,44822.4%
10Operations & Maintenance2,9001031,78762.3%
13Extracurricular Activities15214263−42.2%
16Median Teacher Salary68,3607662,707
Data from NJDoE 2013 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=106

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its 38 schools had an enrollment of 30,845 students and 2,389.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[6]

The district was one of three districts in New Jersey (along with Newark Public Schools and Paterson Public Schools) under "state intervention", which authorizes the state Commissioner of Education to intervene in curriculum functions.[7][8] In 2017, Jersey City became the first school district in New Jersey to regain full local control after having been under "state intervention".[9]

Awards, recognition and rankings

Academy I Middle School was one of nine public schools recognized in 2017 as Blue Ribbon Schools by the United States Department of Education.[10] Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School was one of 18 schools statewide (and three public high schools) honored in 2018 by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, marking the second time the school was recognized by the program.[11][12] Infinity Institute was honored by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program in 2019, one of nine schools in the state recognized as Exemplary High Performing Schools.[13]

McNair Academic High School was the second-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked second in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[14] William L. Dickinson High School is the oldest high school in the city and James J. Ferris High School is represented by some of the top students of Jersey City who are members of the National Academy Foundation Magnet Programs. Academy I Middle School is one of the top middle schools in the country. Has been recognized with several achievements, including first place in the Lexus Environmental Challenge in 2008.

Dr. McNair Academic High School was named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve, in the 1994-95 school year.[15]

Alexander D. Sullivan School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[16]

School uniforms

Students have been required to wear school uniforms since 1998.[17]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[18]) are:[19][20]

Elementary schools
Ollie E. Culbreath Jr. P.S. 14
Copernicus P.S. 25
Anthony J. Infante P.S. 31
Elementary schools
  • Frank R. Conwell P.S. 3 (622 students; grades PreK-5)
  • Jotham W. Wakeman P.S. 6 (824; PreK-5)
  • Charles E. Trefurt P.S. 8 (812; PreK-5)
  • Ollie E. Culbreath Jr. P.S. 14 (574; PreK-8)
  • Whitney M. Young Jr. P.S. 15 (917; PreK-8)
  • Cornelia F. Bradford P.S. 16 (354; PreK-5)
  • Maya Angelou P.S. 20 (636; PreK-5)
  • Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb P.S. 22 (750; PreK-5)
  • Nicholas Copernicus P.S. 25 (806; PreK-5)
  • Gladys Cannon Nunery P.S. 29 (459; PreK-5)
  • Alexander D. Sullivan P.S. 30 (804; PreK-5)
  • Anthony J. Infante P.S. 31 (224; PreK-2)
  • Dr. Paul Rafalides P.S. 33 (400; PreK-4)
  • Gerard J. Dynes N.J. Regional Day School (102; Ungraded)

Grammar schools
Joseph Brensinger School P.S. 17
  • Dr. Michael Conti P.S. 5 (643; PreK-8)
  • Martin Luther King Jr. P.S. 11 (860; PreK-8)
  • Julia A. Barnes P.S. 12 (333; PreK-8)
  • Joseph H. Brensinger P.S. 17 (1,249; PreK-8)
  • Mahatma Gandhi P.S. 23 (1,456; PreK-8)
  • Chaplain Charles Watters P.S. 24 (908; K-8)
  • Alfred E. Zampella P.S. 27 (1,121; PreK-8)
  • Christa McAuliffe P.S. 28 (1,024; PreK-8)
  • Barack Obama P.S. 34 (522; PreK-8)
  • Rafael De J. Cordero P.S. 37 (801; PreK-8)
  • James F. Murray P.S. 38 (893; PreK-8)
  • Charles P. DeFuccio P.S. 39 (423; PreK-8)
  • Martin Center for the Arts (403; PreK-8)

Middle schools
Franklin L. Williams M.S. 7
  • Frank R. Conwell M.S. 4 (843; 6-8)
  • Frank L. Williams M.S. 7 (912; 6-8)
  • Ezra L. Nolan M.S. 40 (244; 6-8)
  • Academy I Middle School (477; 6-8)

High schools
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School

Administration
See also: Local government in New Jersey § School districts

Core members of the district's administration are:[31]

  • Mr. Franklin Walker, Superintendent[32]
  • Regina Robinson, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[33]

State intervention

The district was formerly one of three districts in New Jersey under "state intervention", which authorizes the Commissioner of Education to intervene in governance of a local public school district (and to intervene in the areas of instruction and program, operations, personnel, and fiscal management) if the Commissioner has determined that a school district failed or was unable to take corrective actions necessary to establish a thorough and efficient system of education.[7]

On October 4, 1989, the New Jersey Department of Education established a State-operated School District for Jersey City, appointing a State District Superintendent to serve as the governing authority for the District instead of the Board of Education, and a new Board of Education was created and functioned as an advisory body.[8] In 2005 the legislature disbanded state operation and created "state intervention".[7] The Jersey City Board of Education assumed control of governance and finance on April 17, 2008.[8] As of October 2010, although governance had been restored to local control in the form of an elected school board, the state district superintendent remained to manage personnel and curriculum functions.[7] Local control for personnel was returned to the district in 2012.[8] In July 2017, Jersey City regained full local control with curriculum and programming being returned to the district.[9]

References
  1. District information for Jersey City Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. Abbott School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 15, 2016.
  4. About SDA Archived 2016-08-16 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  5. SDA Capital Program Archived 2016-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed January 8, 2017.
  6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
  7. Governance and Urban School Improvement: Lessons for New Jersey From Nine Cities (PDF). Institute on Education Law and Policy, Rutgers–Newark. October 2010. pp. 65–68. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  8. "JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT For the Year Ended June 30, 2013" (PDF). Jersey City Public Schools. December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 14, 2014.
  9. "N.J. ends state takeover of Jersey City's public schools". NJ Advance Media. July 5, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  10. "Nine New Jersey Public Schools Earn National Blue Ribbon Award from the U.S. Department of Education", New Jersey Department of Education, September 28, 2017. Accessed October 18, 2017.
  11. "2018 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Non-Public Schools", United States Department of Education. Accessed October 18, 2018.
  12. Clark, Adam. "These 18 N.J. schools were named among the best in U.S. by Trump administration", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 2, 2018. Accessed October 18, 2018.
  13. 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools Exemplary High Performing Schools, National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed September 26, 2019.
  14. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 21, 2012. Accessed September 23, 2012.
  15. Star School Award recipient detail, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 18, 2006. Accessed November 25, 2009.
  16. McGreevey Celebrates Schools that are "Getting it Right": Schools of Excellence Winners Demonstrate Effectiveness of Governor's Education Priorities Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated November 21, 2003. Accessed December 15, 2009.
  17. UNIFORM POLICY REMINDER Archived 2012-04-27 at the Wayback Machine. Liberty Lines. Jersey City Public Schools. Summer 2011. Volume 14, Issue 5. p. 2. Accessed December 9, 2011.
  18. School Data for the Jersey City Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  19. Schools, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed May 8, 2017.
  20. New Jersey School Directory for the Jersey City Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 8, 2017.
  21. Academy of the Sciences at William L. Dickinson High School, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed May 8, 2017.
  22. Academy of International Enterprise at James J. Ferris High School, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed May 8, 2017.
  23. Infinity Institute, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed May 8, 2017.
  24. Whiten, Jon. "Deadline to Apply to New Jersey City Middle/High School is This Friday", Jersey City Independent, August 23, 2010. Accessed November 27, 2011.
  25. Innovation High School, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed May 8, 2017.
  26. Liberty High School, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed May 8, 2017.
  27. Academy of Governance and Social Sciences at Lincoln High School, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed May 8, 2017.
  28. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed May 8, 2017.
  29. Renaissance Institute, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed May 8, 2017.
  30. Academy of the Arts at Henry Snyder High School, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed May 8, 2017.
  31. New Jersey School Directory for Hudson County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 8, 2017.
  32. Superintendent's Message, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed May 8, 2017.
  33. Business and Finance, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed May 8, 2017.
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