Editing Jersey City, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
===Colleges and universities===
[[File:7.20.2010NJCUHepburnHall.jpg|thumb|Hepburn Hall at New Jersey City University]]
[[File:YanitelliCenterOutside.jpg|right|thumb| The [[Yanitelli Center]] on the campus of Saint Peter's University]]
Jersey City is home to several institutions of higher education.

[[New Jersey City University]] is a state [[public university]] on the [[West Side, Jersey City|West Side]] of the city. Chartered in 1927 as "New Jersey State Normal School at Jersey City", it originally specialized in teacher education and first awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in education.<ref>[http://www.njcu.edu/about About], [[New Jersey City University]]. Accessed April 28, 2023. "Located in Jersey City, NJ, one of the most diverse cities in the nation, and just minutes from New York City, NJCU's College of Arts and Sciences, Education, Professional Studies, and School of Business offer 50 undergraduate degree programs and 30 graduate programs, including emerging and interdisciplinary fields."</ref>

[[Saint Peter's University]] is a [[Private university|private]] [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] university on the West Side of Jersey City. It was founded as "Saint Peter's College" by the [[Society of Jesus]] in 1872 as a [[liberal arts college]] in the [[Paulus Hook]] neighborhood.<ref>[http://www.saintpeters.edu/directions/files/2012/07/Jersey-City-Campus-Fall-2012.pdf Campus Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721164428/http://www.saintpeters.edu/directions/files/2012/07/Jersey-City-Campus-Fall-2012.pdf |date=July 21, 2017 }}, [[Saint Peter's University]]. Accessed June 28, 2017.</ref>

[[Hudson County Community College]], established in 1974, is a public [[community college]] located on an urban style campus in [[Journal Square]] offering courses to help students transition into a larger university.<ref>[https://www.hccc.edu/explore/ Explore HCCC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329121345/http://www.hccc.edu/explore/ |date=March 29, 2020 }}, [[Hudson County Community College]]. Accessed January 25, 2020. "Our beautiful urban Journal Square campus (our main campus) is conveniently located in the heart of Hudson County, less than 20 minutes from New York City and the Newark Liberty International Airport, and is easily accessible via PATH, train or bus."</ref>

[[Rutgers University]] offers [[MBA]] classes through the [[Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick|Rutgers Business School]] at Harborside Financial Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/edu/186380/rutgers-university-new-brunswick/accreditation/rutgers-the-state-university-of-new-jersey-at-harborside-financial-center/|title=Who Accredits Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Harborside Financial Center?|publisher=College Tuition Compare|access-date=February 2, 2021}}</ref><ref>[http://www.business.rutgers.edu/about-rbs/visit/jersey-city "Jersey City Directions"]. [[Rutgers University]]. Accessed June 28, 2017. "The Rutgers Part-Time MBA satellite location at Harborside in Jersey City brings the Rutgers MBA experience to your doorstep."</ref>

[[New Jersey Institute of Technology]] offers [[M.S.]] programs in [[artificial intelligence]], [[computer science]], [[data science]] and [[cyber security]] at the Ying Wu College of Computing at [[101 Hudson Street]] at Exchange Place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.roi-nj.com/2019/12/20/education/njit-cuts-ribbon-on-jersey-city-location-with-35-students-and-plans-for-many-more/|title=NJIT cuts ribbon on Jersey City location, with 35 students and plans for many more|author=Strauss, Eric|date=December 20, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2021|publisher=ROI-NJ}}</ref><ref>[https://jerseycity.njit.edu/ NJIT@JerseyCity]. [[New Jersey City University]]. Accessed January 25, 2020.</ref>

===Public schools===
[[File:McNair Acad HS JC jeh.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School]]|alt=]]
The [[Jersey City Public Schools]] serve students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. The district is one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in ''Abbott v. Burke''<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the ''Abbott v. Burke'' case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."</ref> which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]].<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised 39 schools, had an enrollment of 27,134 students and 2,110.8 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.9:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3407830&DistrictID=3407830 District information for Jersey City Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>

High schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]])<ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407830 School Data for the Jersey City Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> are
[[William L. Dickinson High School]] Academy of the Sciences<ref>[https://wdhs.jcboe.org/ Academy of the Sciences at William L. Dickinson High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (2,046; 9–12), [[James J. Ferris High School]] Academy of International Enterprise<ref>[https://jfhs.jcboe.org/ Academy of International Enterprise at James J. Ferris High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (1,292; 9–12), [[Infinity Institute]]<ref>[https://ii.jcboe.org/ Infinity Institute], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (485; 6–12), [[Innovation High School]]<ref>[https://ihs.jcboe.org/ Innovation High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (286; 9–12), [[Liberty High School (New Jersey)|Liberty High School]]<ref>[https://lhs.jcboe.org/ Liberty High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (210; 9–12), [[Lincoln High School (Jersey City, New Jersey)|Lincoln High School]] Academy of Governance and Social Sciences<ref>[https://alhs.jcboe.org/ Academy of Governance and Social Sciences at Lincoln High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (949; 9–12), [[Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School]]<ref>[https://mhs.jcboe.org/ Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (704; 9–12), Renaissance Institute<ref>[https://ri.jcboe.org/ Renaissance Institute], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (NA; 9–12) and [[Henry Snyder High School]] Academy of the Arts<ref>[https://hshs.jcboe.org/ Academy of the Arts at Henry Snyder High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (800; 9–12).<ref>[https://www.jcboe.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1537124&type=d&pREC_ID=1670255 High Schools], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/17/2390 School Performance Reports for the Jersey City Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref>

Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School was the first-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'' magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked second in 2008 out of 316 schools.<ref>Staff. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-high-schools-2010.html "2010 Top High Schools"], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', August 16, 2010. Accessed December 21, 2011.</ref> and was selected as 41st best high school in the United States in ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine's national 2011 survey.<ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/36_nj_high_schools_named_among.html "36 N.J. high schools named among Newsweek's top 1000 in America"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', June 21, 2011. Accessed December 21, 2011.</ref> William L. Dickinson High School is the oldest high school in the city and one of the largest schools in Hudson County in terms of student population. Opened in 1906 as the Jersey City High School it is one of the oldest school sites in the city, it is a four-story [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] building located on a hilltop facing the Hudson River.<ref>Goodnough, Abby. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/06/nyregion/once-upon-a-time-when-high-schools-were-palaces.html "Once Upon a Time, When High Schools Were Palaces"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 6, 1996. Accessed December 21, 2011. "NINETY years ago, an enormous Beaux Arts building went up on a hill overlooking the Hudson River. It had Corinthian columns, terrazzo floors and a vestibule lined with English marble. It could have passed for a palace, or at least a palatial estate. But it was neither. It was, in fact, William L. Dickinson High School, the first public secondary school in Jersey City.... When it opened in 1906, Dickinson had a 2,000-seat auditorium used not just for school functions but for political debates, plays and concerts."</ref>

Among Jersey City's elementary and middle schools is [[Academy I Middle School]] and Frank R. Conwell Middle School #4, which is part of the Academic Enrichment Program for Gifted Students. Another school is Alexander D. Sullivan P.S. #30, an ESL magnet school in the Greenville district, which serves nearly 800 Pre-k through 5th grade students.<ref>[http://www.jcboe.org/boe2015/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=412&Itemid=1017 Alexander D. Sullivan School – PS 30] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312162051/http://www.jcboe.org/boe2015/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=412&Itemid=1017 |date=March 12, 2016}}, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed November 14, 2016.</ref>

The [[Hudson County Schools of Technology]] (which also has campuses in [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen]] and [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]]) has a campus in Jersey City, which includes [[County Prep High School]].<ref>[http://www.hcstonline.org/district/Schools/tabid/160/Default.aspx High Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105211559/http://www.hcstonline.org/district/Schools/tabid/160/Default.aspx |date=November 5, 2011}}, [[Hudson County Schools of Technology]]. Accessed November 16, 2011.</ref>

Jersey City also has 12 [[charter school]]s, which are run under a special charter granted by the Commissioner of the [[New Jersey Department of Education]], including the Mathematics, Engineering, Technology and Science Charter School (for grades 6–12) and the Dr. Lena Edwards Charter School (for K–8), which were approved in January 2011.<ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/01/state_approves_2_new_jersey_ci.html "State approves 2 New Jersey City charter schools"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', January 19, 2011. Accessed November 16, 2011.</ref> BelovED Community Charter School opened in 2012.<ref>Ojutiku, Max. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2016/04/jersey_city_charter_schools_buys_site_for_12m_midd.html "Jersey City charter school to build $12M middle school"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', April 21, 2016. Accessed November 14, 2016.</ref>

===Private schools===
[[File:Photo-banner-JC-e1453327586564.jpg|thumb|upright|French American Academy on 3rd Street]]

====Catholic schools====
The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]] maintains a network of elementary and secondary [[Catholic school]]s that serve every area of Jersey City. [[Hudson Catholic Regional High School]] is operated by the Archdiocese, while [[Saint Dominic Academy]] and [[St. Peter's Preparatory School]] are private, religiously affiliated schools.<ref>[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/hudson-county-2 Hudson County Catholic High Schools], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref> [[St. Mary High School (Jersey City, New Jersey)|St. Mary High School]] closed in June 2011 due to declining enrollment.<ref>Persaud, Vishal. [http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/jerseycity/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1297236363257460.xml&coll=3 "Announcement St. Mary High School in Jersey City will close in June has some parents, students and staff stunned"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112232548/http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/jerseycity/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1297236363257460.xml&coll=3 |date=November 12, 2011 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', February 9, 2011. Accessed September 2, 2011. "Parents, students and staff at St. Mary High School in Jersey City remained stunned yesterday by Monday's news that the school is closing at the end of June.... St. Mary will graduate 72 seniors in June, which would have put the school's enrollment at 93 among the remaining classes. Ten years ago, St. Mary had 381 students, Lalicato said. At its peak in the mid-1980s, the school had more than 450 students."</ref> [[St. Anthony High School (New Jersey)|St. Anthony High School]], a prep basketball powerhouse known for its success under [[Bob Hurley]] and his 26 state championships in 39 years as a coach, closed in June 2017 due to declining funding and enrollment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/article/no-miracle-for-st-anthony-basketball-powerhouse-to-close/|publisher=[[NJ.com]]|author=Schneider, Jeremy|title=No miracle for St. Anthony: Basketball powerhouse to close|language=en|url-status=live|date=August 23, 2019|access-date=February 14, 2022|archive-date=February 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226012407/https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/article/no-miracle-for-st-anthony-basketball-powerhouse-to-close/}}</ref>

Catholic K-8 elementary schools include Our Lady of Czestochowa School,<ref>[https://www.olcschool.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=992275&type=d&pREC_ID=1308022 About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214190441/https://www.olcschool.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=992275&type=d&pREC_ID=1308022 |date=February 14, 2022 }}, Our Lady of Czestochowa School. Accessed February 14, 2022.</ref> [[Sacred Heart Church (Jersey City)|Sacred Heart School]],<ref>Thorbourne, Ken. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/06/amid_economic_challenges_jersey_citys_sacred_heart_school_continues_mission.html "Amid economic challenges, Jersey City's Sacred Heart School continues mission"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 26, 2014. Accessed June 1, 2015.</ref> Saint Aloysius Elementary Academy,<ref>[http://www.stalselem.org/about-us.html About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115070728/http://www.stalselem.org/about-us.html |date=November 15, 2016 }}, Saint Aloysius Elementary Academy. Accessed November 14, 2016.</ref> St. Joseph School<ref>[http://school.stjosephjc.com/history.html History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114233523/http://school.stjosephjc.com/history.html |date=November 14, 2016 }}, St. Joseph Catholic School. Accessed November 14, 2016.</ref> and St. Nicholas School.<ref>[http://snsjc.com/about-us About Us], Saint Nicholas School. Accessed November 14, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/hudson-county-1 Hudson County Catholic Elementary Schools], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref> In 2015, Our Lady of Czestochowa School was one of 15 schools in New Jersey, and one of six private schools, recognized as a [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|National Blue Ribbon School]] in the exemplary high performing category by the [[United States Department of Education]].<ref>[http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2015/national.pdf#page=15 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private], [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program]]. Accessed November 14, 2016.</ref><ref>Mueller, Mark. [http://www.nj.com/education/2015/09/which_nj_schools_were_picked_as_national_blue_ribb.html "Which N.J. schools were named National Blue Ribbon schools?"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 29, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2016. "Fifteen New Jersey schools have been recognized by the federal government as National Blue Ribbon Schools, a designation that celebrates excellence in academics or progress in closing the achievement gap among groups of students.... Each of the 15 New Jersey schools was chosen for the 'exemplary high performing' category, which weighs state or national tests, high school graduation rates and the performance of subgroups of students, such as those who are economically disadvantaged."</ref>

In the face of declining enrollment and rising expenses, the Newark Archdiocese closed Our Lady of Mercy Academy (founded in 1964) and Resurrection School at the end of the 2012–13 school year.<ref>Conte, Michaelangelo. [http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2013/04/jersey_city_losing_another_cat.html "Jersey City losing another Catholic elementary school in June: Our Lady of Mercy Academy"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', April 13, 2013. Accessed November 14, 2016. "Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Jersey City will close at the end of the 2012–2013 school year. The pre-K through eighth grade school on Bartholdi Avenue opened its doors in 1964. The closures of OLM and Resurrection School at the end of the school year will leave Jersey City with just five Catholic grammar schools."</ref> St. Anne School closed at the end of the 2011–12 school year after 112 years, as enrollment declined from 700 students in 1976 to 240 in 2010–11 and 188 in the school's final year of operation.<ref>Scrivner, Michael. [http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2012/06/st_annes_school_in_jersey_city_1.html "St. Anne's School in Jersey City Heights graduates its last class, will close on Thursday"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 12, 2012. Accessed November 14, 2016. "The 112-year-old school at Kennedy Boulevard and Congress Street will close its doors for good on Thursday due to rising debt and declining enrollment, school officials said. At its peak in 1976, the school had more than 700 students. This school year, there were 188 students, down from 240 last year."</ref>

====Other private schools====
Other private high schools in Jersey City include First Christian Pentecostal Academy and [[Stevens Cooperative School]].<ref>[https://www.stevenscoop.org/about/at-a-glance At A Glance], [[Stevens Cooperative School]]. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>[http://www.thefpcg.org/Our_Faculty.html Our History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426090754/http://www.thefpcg.org/Our_Faculty.html |date=April 26, 2012 }}, First Pentecostal Church of God. Accessed January 3, 2012. "First Christian Pentecostal Academy spans from grades K4 through 8th. It is a ministry that God has used and continues to use to serve children and their families."</ref> [[Kenmare High School]] is operated through the York Street Project as part of an effort to reduce rates of poverty in households headed by women, through a program that offers small class sizes, individualized learning and development of life skills.<ref>[https://yorkstreetproject.org/our-programs/kenmare-high-school/ Kenmare High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806075546/https://yorkstreetproject.org/our-programs/kenmare-high-school/ |date=August 6, 2019 }}, The York Street Project. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> The French American Academy, located in the century-old three-story building of the former St. Mary's High School, is a private bilingual school PK-3.<ref>[https://www.greatschools.org/new-jersey/jersey-city/7166-French-American-Academy-In-Jersey-City/ "French American Academy in Jersey City"]. Great!Schools.org. Retrieved April 19, 2019.</ref> A number of other private schools are also available. Genesis Educational Center is a private Christian school located in downtown Jersey City for ages newborn through 8th grade.<ref>[https://www.riversidechurchjc.org/genesis Genesis Educational Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921010256/https://www.riversidechurchjc.org/genesis |date=September 21, 2020 }}, Riverside Church Jersey City. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> The Jersey City Art School is a private art school located in downtown Jersey City for all ages.<ref>[http://www.jcartschool.com/about/about.html About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019070207/http://www.jcartschool.com/about/about.html |date=October 19, 2016 }}, Jersey City Art School. Accessed November 14, 2016.</ref>