Jersey City Community Charter School

The Jersey City listing contains one school, Jersey City Community Charter School, an elementary school serving kindergarten through grade 8, with 561 students. In 2025–2026, its equal-grade average was 37% in ELA, compared with 51% statewide, and 20% in mathematics, compared with 40% statewide. The most important finding is that results were below state averages in both subjects, with a larger shortfall in mathematics: 20 points, compared with 14 points in ELA.

There is no other listed school to identify as an area leader or trailer, but results vary substantially by grade. ELA was strongest in grade 7, at 49% proficient, 7 points below the state, and weakest in grade 6, at 23%, 28 points below. Mathematics was strongest in grade 4, at 33%, 14 points below the state; the lowest result was grade 8, at 5%, while the largest state gap was in grade 3—25% versus 49%, a 25-point difference. Algebra I is an exception when compared by end-of-course results: the school’s 55% was 15 points above the state’s 40%. The grade-8 Algebra I comparison tells a different story: the same school result was 20 points below the state benchmark.

Results moved farther from state averages overall, though not every grade declined. The ELA average fell from 45% in 2024–2025 to 37% in 2025–2026, and its state gap widened from 8 to 14 points; mathematics edged down from 21% to 20%, while its gap widened from 19 to 20 points. Grade 7 ELA improved by 11 points, and grades 4 and 5 mathematics rose by 2 and 4 points, respectively. SchoolDigger’s school ranking history moved from the 24th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 28th in 2024–2025, then down to the 21st in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, the school had a 15.5 student-teacher ratio, and 83% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Because only one school is listed, these figures do not support school-to-school comparisons.