Jersey City Global Charter School, Jersey City NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Jersey City Global Charter School

Jersey City Global Charter School is a public charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Jersey City, Hudson County. The school is a single-site charter operating as its own district, located in the city's Heights neighborhood.

The school's student body draws from across Jersey City and reflects the city's well-documented ethnic diversity. Asian American students make up the largest share of enrollment, followed by a substantial Hispanic population, with smaller representations of Black and white students. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a lower share than in many of the city's traditional public schools. The total enrollment is modest, creating a small-school setting where across-grade familiarity is common. The school offers a regular academic program within a charter framework.

Jersey City itself is a dense, mixed-use urban environment. The waterfront has become a major banking and finance hub, and the city is home to several colleges and universities. Distinct neighborhoods each have their own commercial corridors and residential character. The city is well connected to Manhattan by PATH trains, NJ Transit buses, and ferries, and has seen substantial population growth and development over the past two decades. The housing market in the school's ZIP code carries a price well above the national average and above the New Jersey median, consistent with the city's broader affordability pressures.

On state assessments, the school's performance varies noticeably by grade and subject. In English language arts, several grade levels show a high share of students meeting or exceeding the state's proficiency benchmarks. Fourth grade and eighth grade particularly stand out in this subject. In mathematics, the picture is more mixed. The elementary grades show strong results, but the share of students meeting the bar declines meaningfully starting in sixth grade and continues lower through seventh and eighth grades. In science, tested only in fifth and eighth grades, the fifth-grade results are moderate while the eighth-grade results are weaker. A parent considering this school may want to ask how the school supports students in math as they move into the middle grades and how it prepares eighth graders for the transition to high school.

The school's overall proficiency, averaged across tested subjects and grades, positions it above the midpoint among Hudson County's school districts, in the top quarter of that group. Because the school ends at eighth grade, it has no graduation rate to report. No data on chronic absenteeism was available for this school.

The district did not report information about special education or English learner populations, so a parent with a child who may need those services would want to ask the school directly about its programs and staffing. The school's website was not available in the data, and publicly reported information about recent changes or initiatives at the charter level was not found.

Jersey City Global Charter School fits a family looking for a small, diverse K-8 charter environment in a dense urban setting with strong transit connections. The school's academic picture is strongest in elementary literacy and overall reading skills. The math and science results in the upper grades are areas a prospective family would want to investigate directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 374%

School 74% · District 74%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 483%

School 83% · District 83%

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 45 pts above county median

Grade 578%

School 78% · District 78%

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 44 pts above county median

Grade 658%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 730%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 53%

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 39 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 374%

School 74% · District 74%

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

Grade 496%

School 96% · District 96%

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 71%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 688%

School 88% · District 88%

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 775%

School 75% · District 75%

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 891%

School 91% · District 91%

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

Science

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 51%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 825%

School 25% · District 25%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

This schoolJersey City Global Charter School, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income94%Higher-income97%3 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income62%Higher-income75%13 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income92%Higher-income86%6 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income50%Higher-income100%50 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income77%Higher-income100%23 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income56%Higher-income94%38 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income69%Higher-income82%13 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income75%Higher-income48%27 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income20%Higher-income40%20 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income54%Higher-income53%1 pp gap