Summary
Mary J Donohoe Community School in Bayonne, New Jersey, serves 501 students in prekindergarten through eighth grade in a group of nearby Bayonne schools. Its results vary sharply by grade: seventh-grade math is an exceptional strength, but several other grade-level results are among the lowest in the nearby group. The most important takeaway is that this standout math result does not reflect performance across the school as a whole.
Seventh-grade math proficiency was 58%, compared with 38% statewide, 35% in the district, and a nearby-school average of 34%; the next-highest nearby result, at Lincoln Community School #5, was 43%. But fourth-grade math was just 26%, versus 47% statewide and a 49% nearby average, the lowest among the 11 schools. Fifth-grade ELA was 33%, the lowest nearby result, and fifth-grade science was 13%, also the lowest. Across grades, the school’s averages were below the district, state, and nearby-school averages in ELA (43% versus 48%, 51%, and 49%), math (35% versus 36%, 40%, and 37%), and science (13% versus 18%, 23%, and 18%).
Recent results are mixed: the ELA average fell 11 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, science fell 3 points, and math was nearly flat. That flat math average masks a 33-point seventh-grade gain alongside declines in fourth and fifth grades. In 2025–26, SchoolDigger ranked the school 906th of 1,331 New Jersey schools, at the 32nd percentile with 2 stars; it tied for the lowest percentile among nearby schools. The Bayonne School District was at the 33rd percentile with 2 stars. The school’s 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 10.8, below the nearby average of 11.1, while 67% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, compared with a nearby average of 65%. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 ranking for English Language Learner students was at the 66th percentile, a notably stronger standing than the school’s overall ranking; its Special Education Students ranking was at the 14th percentile, down from the 40th percentile in 2024–25.
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