Hudson County · New Jersey
Jersey City, NJ public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Jersey City Public Schools — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Jersey City Public Schools is the primary public district for Jersey City, NJ. It enrolls 26,647 students in 39 schools with 2,094 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $28,991 per pupil, 67% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 26,647NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 39Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 12.7Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $28,991Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Jersey City
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 33.7%
- $285,362,000
- State revenue
- 59.7%
- $504,682,000
- Federal revenue
- 6.6%
- $55,580,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Jersey City property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 51 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Jersey City Public Schools (LEAID 3407830) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
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Other Jersey City data on this site.
NCES LEAID 3407830. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.