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Academy I School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
209 Bergen Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07305
Phone
(201) 915-6500
District
JERSEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
HUDSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
402
Classroom Teachers
27

* Academy I School is one of the top 100 best public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.4% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Academy I School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

100 80 60 40 20 0
86%
38%
90%
46%
82%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

100 80 60 40 20 0
88%
42%
94%
51%
81%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

100 80 60 40 20 0
44%
32%
87%
50%
0%
15%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
13
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 117 29.1%
Grade 7 122 30.3%
Grade 8 118 29.4%
Total 402 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 15.7% 15.5% 41.1%
Black 18.9% 27.0% 15.3%
Hispanic 18.9% 38.6% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 46.2% 17.8% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 1.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 46.5% 60.0% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 39.6% 56.4% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.0% 3.6% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 287,146 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 17,977.4 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.0% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 45.1% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 20.9% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 11.4% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 115,654 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 7.7% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.5% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 51.1% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.3% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.1% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.3% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.4% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.4% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.5% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 12.0% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,259 $372,872,850 50.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,563 $67,022,450 9.1%
Staff $798 $20,867,700 2.8%
General Administration $428 $11,192,200 1.5%
School Administration $982 $25,679,300 3.5%
Operation $2,211 $57,817,650 7.9%
Transportation $642 $16,788,300 2.3%
Other $447 $11,689,050 1.6%
Total Support $8,070 $211,030,500 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,823 $152,271,450 20.7%
Total Expenditures $28,152 $736,174,800 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,252 $16,876,633,536 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,485 $3,422,916,968 10.0%
Staff $778 $1,071,908,147 3.1%
General Administration $448 $617,313,228 1.8%
School Administration $1,106 $1,523,858,437 4.4%
Operation $2,059 $2,835,591,380 8.3%
Transportation $773 $1,065,361,101 3.1%
Other $557 $766,792,454 2.2%
Total Support $8,206 $11,303,690,627 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,415 $6,081,668,713 17.8%
Total Expenditures $24,874 $34,262,079,216 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%