Jersey City Community Charter School

Jersey City Community Charter School

Charter Elementary, Middle School | Grade K-8
128 Danforth Ave,  Jersey City, NJ
4.5
3.0
566 Students
C
Niche Grade
Jersey City Community Charter School is in the Greenville section of Jersey City and enrolls students from kindergarten through eighth grade. The charter school has operated for over 20 years, and there are separate buildings for the elementary and middle schools that are about 2 miles apart from each other. As a charter school, JCCCS has an application process for enrollment. The school uses a model curriculum that employs Common Core State Standards and New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and is designed to keep the school on par with other districts in the state. In addition to athletic programs like basketball, extracurricular activities like anime and math clubs, a school newspaper, robotics and a yearbook club are also offered. The student-teacher ratio is average for Jersey City School District public schools. Faculty aims to build a strong relationship between home, school and community and increase parent involvement to help students grow socially, cognitively and emotionally.

School Details

Head of School
Ms. Ayana Williams
Student Teacher Ratio
18:1
Math Proficiency
9%
Reading Proficiency
35%

Niche Grade

C-
Academics
B+
Teachers
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Academics
Reading Proficiency
35%
Math Proficiency
9%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
18:1
Teachers
32
Full Time Teachers
32
Teachers in First or Second Year
5.3%

GreatSchools Rating

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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
292:1

Student Diversity

Female
51.3%
Male
48.7%
Black
61.5%
Hispanic
32.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander
3.2%
White
2.4%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
4.5 2 Reviews
4.0 Parent
11/16/2023
My son goes to a charter school and the charter school is a pretty small one, so the people there are very welcoming and the parents are very involved. I think the small community is niche for the kids to learn
GreatSchools Reviews
3.0 2 Reviews
5.0 parent
9/11/2023
students are very quick learners at the school clean and good area
1.0 parent
4/27/2023
My son goes to Jersey City Community Charter School and I do not recommend you send your child here. My son missed 5 days of school and instead of coming to me to see the problem they sent me to court for truancy actions. We were stuck in Jamaica, outer flight was delayed then canceled then sent to...

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