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President Barack Obama Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jersey City, Hudson County. The school has 420 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 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 3% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
President Barack Obama Elementary School enrolls 420 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Black or African American, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 6.9% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 238 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 129 | 31% |
| Asian | 29 | 6.9% |
| White | 14 | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
268 of the school's 420 students (64%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 260 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
President Barack Obama Elementary 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.
President Barack Obama Elementary 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 420 students, President Barack Obama Elementary School is smaller than 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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