Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 07306 include 12 schools—seven elementary, two middle, and three high schools—with some elementary schools also serving grades 6–8. Results vary substantially by school and grade, but the clearest area-wide concern is middle-grade performance: the seven schools averaged 40% in ELA versus 53% statewide, and 19% in math versus 34% statewide.
Jotham W. Wakeman School leads the shared grade 3–5 comparisons, averaging 71% in ELA and 64% in math in 2025–2026; the lowest averages were at Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School, with 26% and 18%, respectively. The high-to-low spreads were 46 points in ELA and 47 in math. Among high schools, County Prep High School and Liberty High School led ninth-grade ELA at 88% and 85%, while William L Dickinson High School scored 17—a 72-point gap from the top result. In 11th-grade science, Liberty and County Prep scored 61% and 57%, compared with Dickinson’s 9%. Jersey City Golden Door Charter School also stands out in middle grades, averaging 56% in ELA, the highest among the seven schools.
Recent results show different paths across schools: in matched middle-grade results, ELA fell 7 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, and the gap with the state widened from 15 to 19 points; math fell 1 point, with its state gap widening from 16 to 18 points. Elementary ELA and math averages changed little, but Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 gained 12 points in ELA and 8 in math, while The Ethical Community Charter School fell 13 and 7 points. SchoolDigger ranked Wakeman in the 81st percentile among elementary schools, Liberty in the 86th and County Prep in the 90th among high schools. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 45% at Wakeman, 60% at Golden Door, 57% at County Prep and 74% at DeFuccio; these figures do not explain test results. Staffing ratios also don’t sort schools neatly: Liberty’s was 7.7, but DeFuccio’s was also low at 8.2, while Golden Door’s was 16.3.
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