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Mahatma K. Gandhi School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
962nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools
Better than 29% of New Jersey elementary schools
Summary

Mahatma K. Gandhi School is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Jersey City, New Jersey, part of the Jersey City Public Schools district. With 895 students, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of New Jersey elementary schools over the past decade.

Mahatma K. Gandhi School faces significant challenges, underperforming the district and state on key metrics. Only 37.7% of 3rd graders were proficient in English Language Arts, compared to 46.7% for the district and 44.9% for the state. Math proficiency is even lower, with just 15.7% of 6th graders and 16.2% of 7th graders meeting standards. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.9% to 27.5%. In contrast, nearby Jotham W. Wakeman School and Dr. Michael Conti School perform significantly better, ranking in the top 25-30% of New Jersey elementary schools.

The challenges at Mahatma K. Gandhi School do not appear to be solely due to a lack of resources, as the school has a relatively high per-student spending of $10,107. Public charter schools in the area, such as Learning Community Charter School and The Ethical Community Charter School, also outperform Mahatma K. Gandhi School, suggesting the need for a comprehensive review of the school's practices and strategies to improve student outcomes.

821
Students ?
10.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$10,107
Per pupil spending ?
78.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 143 Romaine Ave
       Jersey City, NJ  07306-5218

(201) 915-6490

District: Jersey City Public Schools


Students who attend Mahatma K. Gandhi School usually attend:

High:    William L Dickinson High School
Racial breakdown:

Asian:
30.5%
White:
30.1%
Hispanic:
19.1%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 27th percentile in 2015 → 29th in 2025
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (29% vs 44% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (28% vs 15% New Jersey)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school29%
District avg37%
New Jersey avg44%
Elementary school
962nd of 1,347
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 29%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
562nd of 752
New Jersey public middle schools ?
Bottom 25%▲ up 3 pts since 2015
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
16th of 26Elementary Schools in the Jersey City Public Schools
455th of 609Jersey City Public Schools among New Jersey districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202529.7962 of 134728.6%★☆☆☆☆
202431.0928 of 133830.6%★★☆☆☆
202325.91002 of 134225.3%★☆☆☆☆
202229.5941 of 134530.0%★★☆☆☆
202134.6801 of 131739.2%★★☆☆☆
201924.11061 of 136022.0%★☆☆☆☆
201826.81045 of 135322.8%★☆☆☆☆
201719.31108 of 135218.0%★☆☆☆☆
201622.91077 of 134620.0%★☆☆☆☆
201529.2986 of 135727.3%★☆☆☆☆
201439.8949 of 136330.4%★★☆☆☆
201337.9972 of 136728.9%★☆☆☆☆
201220.21150 of 136315.6%★☆☆☆☆
201118.51165 of 136014.3%★☆☆☆☆
201023.21135 of 135416.2%★☆☆☆☆
200914.11187 of 134611.8%★☆☆☆☆
20086.61259 of 13385.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20075.01272 of 13294.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20062.11265 of 13143.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20058.01206 of 13037.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20049.81171 of 12989.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20036.81092 of 12049.3%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202520.9354 of 46323.5%★☆☆☆☆
202429.0353 of 46924.7%★☆☆☆☆
202329.4355 of 46323.3%★☆☆☆☆
202232.9347 of 49429.8%★★☆☆☆
202155.2157 of 45665.6%★★★☆☆
201936.2359 of 52231.2%★★☆☆☆
201851.9210 of 51759.4%★★★☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20259.2294 of 33010.9%★☆☆☆☆
20249.6302 of 34011.2%★☆☆☆☆
20237.1310 of 34610.4%★☆☆☆☆
20225.5311 of 34810.6%★☆☆☆☆
202110.3311 of 3398.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.4325 of 37012.2%★☆☆☆☆
20187.6320 of 37013.5%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202541.3310 of 59748.1%★★☆☆☆
202439.2306 of 55945.3%★★☆☆☆
202352.8175 of 49964.9%★★★☆☆
202236.6276 of 48943.6%★★☆☆☆
202144.3164 of 41160.1%★★★☆☆
201921.4376 of 46318.8%★☆☆☆☆
201833.1287 of 43433.9%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202526.9965 of 132627.2%★☆☆☆☆
202427.0940 of 131728.6%★☆☆☆☆
202330.1919 of 131830.3%★★☆☆☆
202234.3855 of 132635.5%★★☆☆☆
202148.4614 of 129052.4%★★★☆☆
201924.81040 of 133121.9%★☆☆☆☆
201825.81032 of 133322.6%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202528.6744 of 103227.9%★☆☆☆☆
202430.5697 of 98929.5%★☆☆☆☆
202324.0762 of 98222.4%★☆☆☆☆
202222.9748 of 95321.5%★☆☆☆☆
202134.5601 of 89632.9%★★☆☆☆
201919.8720 of 89919.9%★☆☆☆☆
201829.5624 of 87028.3%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202549.3487 of 102352.4%★★★☆☆
202448.3431 of 93954.1%★★★☆☆
202344.6466 of 91048.8%★★☆☆☆
202254.8317 of 86363.3%★★★☆☆
202164.0186 of 83977.8%★★★★☆
201943.1511 of 94846.1%★★☆☆☆
201851.6442 of 94253.1%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202535.9828 of 131837.2%★★☆☆☆
202436.9816 of 131337.9%★★☆☆☆
202326.1967 of 131526.5%★☆☆☆☆
202227.5943 of 132428.8%★☆☆☆☆
202125.1913 of 129729.6%★☆☆☆☆
201925.81020 of 133523.6%★☆☆☆☆
201829.7978 of 133426.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202518.3885 of 102313.5%★☆☆☆☆
202427.3675 of 98931.7%★★☆☆☆
202335.3547 of 95842.9%★★☆☆☆
202216.1839 of 94911.6%★☆☆☆☆
202122.1686 of 86821.0%★☆☆☆☆
201927.5702 of 100730.3%★★☆☆☆
201820.3777 of 100122.4%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202521.8801 of 97017.4%★☆☆☆☆
202418.4825 of 96314.3%★☆☆☆☆
202310.8894 of 9758.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202223.7792 of 97618.9%★☆☆☆☆
202121.5830 of 96413.9%★☆☆☆☆
201910.8940 of 10238.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.7969 of 10225.2%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202524.0562 of 75225.3%★☆☆☆☆
202424.1557 of 74325.0%★☆☆☆☆
202319.3608 of 74818.7%★☆☆☆☆
202217.5624 of 74516.2%★☆☆☆☆
202126.1464 of 65228.8%★☆☆☆☆
201920.8593 of 74520.4%★☆☆☆☆
201821.9579 of 71619.1%★☆☆☆☆
201720.3566 of 71220.5%★☆☆☆☆
201623.4560 of 71321.5%★☆☆☆☆
201523.6553 of 71322.4%★☆☆☆☆
201438.5489 of 71731.8%★★☆☆☆
201323.9551 of 70421.7%★☆☆☆☆
201213.9590 of 67712.9%★☆☆☆☆
201112.4599 of 68412.4%★☆☆☆☆
201010.4607 of 67710.3%★☆☆☆☆
200915.8562 of 66415.4%★☆☆☆☆
200814.6547 of 64014.5%★☆☆☆☆
200716.3542 of 63114.1%★☆☆☆☆
200623.5495 of 61519.5%★☆☆☆☆
200523.5482 of 59919.5%★☆☆☆☆
200426.6466 of 58820.7%★☆☆☆☆
200339.8410 of 57428.6%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202529.1262 of 35927.0%★☆☆☆☆
202427.7265 of 35224.7%★☆☆☆☆
202322.9315 of 36112.7%★☆☆☆☆
202221.0318 of 35610.7%★☆☆☆☆
202140.7161 of 29144.7%★★☆☆☆
201924.5268 of 32617.8%★☆☆☆☆
201827.4241 of 32626.1%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202513.0188 of 2047.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.5171 of 20014.5%★☆☆☆☆
20233.9186 of 2017.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20221.8192 of 2004.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.5141 of 1474.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.8182 of 1998.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.1180 of 20010.0%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202532.3230 of 34332.9%★★☆☆☆
202430.2232 of 32027.5%★☆☆☆☆
202347.3127 of 28855.9%★★★☆☆
202226.0223 of 27017.4%★☆☆☆☆
202115.8195 of 1971.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201936.1136 of 22740.1%★★☆☆☆
201828.8142 of 20229.7%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202522.9568 of 72822.0%★☆☆☆☆
202427.3513 of 71728.5%★☆☆☆☆
202320.9570 of 72020.8%★☆☆☆☆
202216.9620 of 72614.6%★☆☆☆☆
202135.0386 of 62538.2%★★☆☆☆
201913.1612 of 70312.9%★☆☆☆☆
201822.8545 of 68019.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202520.4510 of 60816.1%★☆☆☆☆
202419.8509 of 58913.6%★☆☆☆☆
202317.1520 of 58711.4%★☆☆☆☆
202229.9425 of 59128.1%★☆☆☆☆
202127.9372 of 48022.5%★☆☆☆☆
201929.9379 of 52427.7%★☆☆☆☆
201837.4327 of 50435.1%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202537.6388 of 61336.7%★★☆☆☆
202434.8383 of 58434.4%★★☆☆☆
202333.8373 of 56834.3%★★☆☆☆
202225.5419 of 54923.7%★☆☆☆☆
202140.8260 of 46744.3%★★☆☆☆
201926.6401 of 54125.9%★☆☆☆☆
201840.6309 of 52240.8%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202527.6519 of 72628.5%★☆☆☆☆
202424.0549 of 71923.6%★☆☆☆☆
202319.7584 of 71818.7%★☆☆☆☆
202219.9590 of 73019.2%★☆☆☆☆
202122.0474 of 63525.4%★☆☆☆☆
201931.6486 of 69730.3%★★☆☆☆
201823.8527 of 67521.9%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202529.0367 of 50727.6%★☆☆☆☆
202420.6460 of 5109.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202337.3286 of 50543.4%★★☆☆☆
202231.6357 of 53533.3%★★☆☆☆
202123.4324 of 40119.2%★☆☆☆☆
201923.8402 of 49218.3%★☆☆☆☆
201819.0426 of 4719.6%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202514.4448 of 50210.8%★☆☆☆☆
20247.7490 of 5103.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.8474 of 5096.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.6494 of 5123.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.1428 of 4351.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.0480 of 5044.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.9490 of 4971.4%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)52nd percentile+24 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)48th percentile+19 vs school
Male (2025)37th percentile+9 vs school
Hispanic (2025)28th percentile~ school
Female (2025)27th percentile~ school
African American (2025)24th percentile-5 vs school
White (2025)17th percentile-11 vs school
Special Education (2025)13th percentile-15 vs school
Asian (2025)11th percentile-18 vs school
Middle school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)37th percentile+11 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)33rd percentile+8 vs school
Male (2025)29th percentile+3 vs school
Special Education (2025)28th percentile~ school
African American (2025)27th percentile~ school
Female (2025)22nd percentile-3 vs school
Hispanic (2025)16th percentile-9 vs school
White (2025)11th percentile-15 vs school
Asian (2025)8th percentile-17 vs school
By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts36%-18 vs state
Mathematics27%-14 vs state
Science15%-9 vs state

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Students at Mahatma K. Gandhi School are 30% Asian, 30% White, 19% Hispanic, 18% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Mahatma K. Gandhi School ranks 962nd of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 821 students attended Mahatma K. Gandhi School.

Students who attend Mahatma K. Gandhi School usually go on to attend:

High : William L Dickinson High School


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