NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Bayonne, NJ

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14 public K-12 schools in Bayonne from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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14
Schools
10,328
Students
49.9/100
Avg Resource Index
12.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Bayonne has more public-school enrollment than 81% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Bayonne lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

11 of Bayonne's 14 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 29-point gap between Bayonne Alternative High School and Mary J Donohoe Community School shows the range hidden by Bayonne's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 19%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
87th percentile
Teacher staffing
82nd percentile

Bayonne High School accounts for 27.4% of all Bayonne public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Bayonne-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bayonne school enrollment varies 943× across entities

Bayonne school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 2,830 students (highest), a spread of 2,827 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bayonne reports 51.9% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bayonne student-teacher ratio is 12.7:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Bayonne Alternative High School 63
2. Philip G. Vroom Community School 57
3. Washington Community School #9 55
4. Henry E. Harris Community School 53
5. Horace Mann Community School 52
6. William Shemin Midtown Community School #8 50
7. Woodrow Wilson Community School 49
8. John M. Bailey Community School 49
9. Nicholas Oresko Community School 49
10. Bayonne High School 48
11. Walter F. Robinson Community School 48
12. Lincoln Community School #5 42
13. Mary J Donohoe Community School 34
14. Bayonne Academy -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Bayonne

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lincoln Community School #5 74.5/100
  2. 2 Nicholas Oresko Community School 74.2/100
  3. 3 Woodrow Wilson Community School 73.4/100
  4. 4 Philip G. Vroom Community School 72.7/100
  5. 5 Washington Community School #9 71.2/100

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Which Bayonne school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Bayonne Alternative High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Bayonne schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Bayonne, NJ? ▼

Bayonne has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,328 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.