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Chaplain Charles Watters School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jersey City, Hudson County. The school has 697 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jersey City Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 3% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Chaplain Charles Watters School enrolls 697 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 45 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Black or African American, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 15% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 285 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 221 | 32% |
| White | 104 | 15% |
| Asian | 64 | 9.2% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 2.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
403 of the school's 697 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 397 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Chaplain Charles Watters School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 31, state house district 31.
Chaplain Charles Watters School is one of 39 schools in Jersey City Public Schools, based in Jersey City, New Jersey. The district serves 25,951 students district-wide and employs 2,094 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 697 students, Chaplain Charles Watters School is close to the district average of about 665 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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