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Joseph H. Brensinger School
600 Bergen Ave Jersey City NJ, 07304, Hudson County Phone: 201-915-6120 Ranking: ![]() Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8 School District: Jersey City School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 101 | 99 | 104 | 77 | 77 | 100 | 95 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,252 | 1,229 | 1,199 | 1,157 | 1,149 | 1,133 | 1,148 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 118 | 9.4% | 119 | 9.7% | 115 | 9.6% | 119 | 10.3% | 118 | 10.3% | 117 | 10.3% | 115 | 10.0% |
Kindergarten: | 165 | 13.2% | 159 | 12.9% | 139 | 11.6% | 127 | 11.0% | 118 | 10.3% | 125 | 11.0% | 118 | 10.3% |
Grade 1: | 171 | 13.7% | 138 | 11.2% | 151 | 12.6% | 123 | 10.6% | 136 | 11.8% | 116 | 10.2% | 134 | 11.7% |
Grade 2: | 129 | 10.3% | 144 | 11.7% | 124 | 10.3% | 142 | 12.3% | 106 | 9.2% | 136 | 12.0% | 135 | 11.8% |
Grade 3: | 138 | 11.0% | 125 | 10.2% | 134 | 11.2% | 102 | 8.8% | 139 | 12.1% | 123 | 10.9% | 124 | 10.8% |
Grade 4: | 121 | 9.7% | 120 | 9.8% | 91 | 7.6% | 129 | 11.1% | 114 | 9.9% | 117 | 10.3% | 110 | 9.6% |
Grade 5: | 125 | 10.0% | 100 | 8.1% | 136 | 11.3% | 116 | 10.0% | 117 | 10.2% | 97 | 8.6% | 111 | 9.7% |
Grade 6: | 77 | 6.2% | 122 | 9.9% | 104 | 8.7% | 121 | 10.5% | 100 | 8.7% | 106 | 9.4% | 83 | 7.2% |
Grade 7: | 100 | 8.0% | 98 | 8.0% | 98 | 8.2% | 86 | 7.4% | 91 | 7.9% | 85 | 7.5% | 92 | 8.0% |
Grade 8: | 92 | 7.3% | 83 | 6.8% | 80 | 6.7% | 92 | 8.0% | 89 | 7.7% | 86 | 7.6% | 101 | 8.8% |
Ungraded: | 16 | 1.3% | 21 | 1.7% | 27 | 2.3% | NA | NA | 21 | 1.8% | 25 | 2.2% | 25 | 2.2% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 616 | 49.2% | 620 | 50.4% | 619 | 51.6% | 599 | 51.8% | 600 | 52.2% | 593 | 52.3% | 583 | 50.8% |
Female: | 636 | 50.8% | 609 | 49.6% | 580 | 48.4% | 558 | 48.2% | 549 | 47.8% | 540 | 47.7% | 561 | 48.9% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.2% | 8 | 0.7% | 10 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 137 | 10.9% | 138 | 11.2% | 158 | 13.2% | 150 | 13.0% | 132 | 11.5% | 129 | 11.4% | 145 | 12.6% |
Hispanic: | 474 | 37.9% | 462 | 37.6% | 454 | 37.9% | 440 | 38.0% | 447 | 38.9% | 457 | 40.3% | 468 | 40.8% |
Black: | 345 | 27.6% | 385 | 31.3% | 366 | 30.5% | 379 | 32.8% | 384 | 33.4% | 396 | 35.0% | 408 | 35.5% |
White: | 282 | 22.5% | 225 | 18.3% | 182 | 15.2% | 166 | 14.3% | 168 | 14.6% | 132 | 11.7% | 127 | 11.1% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.2% | 16 | 1.3% | 33 | 2.8% | 20 | 1.7% | 10 | 0.9% | 9 | 0.8% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 7 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 899 | 71.8% | 993 | 80.8% | 992 | 82.7% | 940 | 81.2% | 893 | 77.7% | 832 | 73.4% | 812 | 70.7% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 65 | 5.2% | 85 | 6.9% | 77 | 6.4% | 85 | 7.3% | 124 | 10.8% | 148 | 13.1% | 130 | 11.3% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 12.40 | 12.41 | 11.51 | 15.03 | 14.92 | 9.40 | 12.10 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 58.7% | 63.6% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 73.9% | 73.8% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 79.4% | 66.6% | 82.4% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 78% | 69.9% | 83.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 75.7% | 72.4% | 86.1% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 43.8% | 40.6% | 62.9% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 41.9% | 43.3% | 59.8% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 51% | 47.4% | 63.0% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 55.4% | 53.4% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 73.4% | 53.3% | 66.4% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 32.2% | 52.9% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 64.2% | 68.8% | 82.5% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 82.5% | 76.6% | 86.8% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 79.2% | 75.8% | 87.3% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 85.8% | 71% | 86.8% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 68.1% | 61.0% | 75.4% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 73.1% | 64.4% | 78.3% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 69.8% | 63.6% | 78.9% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 65.8% | 65.6% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 83.4% | 67.3% | 77.7% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 60.2% | 58.4% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 66.4% | 66.1% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 78.1% | 71.7% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 74.1% | 63.5% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 76.8% | 62.0% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 86.9% | 68.4% | 82.7% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 49.6% | 37.6% | 63.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 35.1% | 35.2% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 42.7% | 42.2% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 46.6% | 39.5% | 58.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 48.4% | 41.0% | 59.4% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 48.4% | 44.9% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 56.1% | 55.8% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 72.7% | 63.2% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 72.9% | 69.9% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 81.9% | 72.0% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 80.4% | 69.1% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 61.4% | 55.1% | 73.1% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 69.9% | 61.7% | 77.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 80.5% | 63.7% | 79.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 75.2% | 63.1% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 80.7% | 72.9% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 65.5% | 63.5% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 60.7% | 64.5% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 68.4% | 66.4% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 64.3% | 67.5% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 78.1% | 80% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 86.3% | 87.4% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 76.0% | 80.7% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 82.8% | 82.0% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 79.9% | 80.8% | 89.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 82.5% | 72.6% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 36.7% | 31.9% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 53.9% | 40.3% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 40.0% | 42% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 29.5% | 37.6% | 60.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 44.9% | 43.1% | 62.1% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 48.1% | 44.0% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 73.3% | 57.8% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 77.7% | 58.0% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 84.2% | 64% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 62.8% | 66.3% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 75.6% | 66.5% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 85.5% | 73.9% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 79.2% | 72.8% | 79.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 47.7% | 48.9% | 75.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 29.3% | 29.6% | 57.3% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 57.4% | 46.9% | 70.1% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 50.5% | 43.6% | 65.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 38.5% | 47.2% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 43.5% | 47.4% | 66.2% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 54.9% | 51.9% | 79% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 43.7% | 44.3% | 72.2% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 58.3% | 44.3% | 71.2% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 49.5% | 47.8% | 72.1% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 63.3% | 58.7% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 70.9% | 67.4% | 78.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 64.4% | 57.1% | 80.1% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 56.4% | 47.1% | 70.5% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 61.8% | 50.1% | 72.4% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 65.2% | 52.0% | 69.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 47.9% | 42.4% | 63.3% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 35.8% | 42.1% | 61.0% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 40.2% | 47.5% | 65.2% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 49.6% | 40.2% | 66.3% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 40.4% | 41.9% | 64.5% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 43.4% | 40.8% | 66.8% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 54.9% | 40.5% | 64.6% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 49.5% | 46.2% | 65.7% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 43.7% | 43.3% | 63.2% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 28.6% | 43.0% | 63.5% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 79.8% | 59.9% | 81.4% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 84.2% | 61.9% | 82.5% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 72.5% | 62.0% | 82.9% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 71.0% | 65.2% | 82.1% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 64.2% | 66.7% | 82.2% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 63.5% | 64.0% | 81.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 56.5% | 43.1% | 67.7% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 72.3% | 46.9% | 71.8% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 48.5% | 41.4% | 69.0% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 56.7% | 52.7% | 71.5% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 54.8% | 55.5% | 71.6% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 55.6% | 54.7% | 69.3% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 73.2% | 63.7% | 84.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 84.4% | 63.8% | 84.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 63.3% | 59.7% | 83.3% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 65.8% | 61.3% | 81.2% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 60.0% | 61.1% | 81.9% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 51.6% | 56.6% | 79.0% |
GEPA | ||||||
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 67% | 56.1% | 73.8% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 41.7% | 49.9% | 71.8% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 55.3% | 56.0% | 72.3% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 51.3% | 53% | 74.2% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 52.7% | 51.6% | 73.7% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 59.7% | 36.5% | 56.7% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 38.0% | 42.7% | 61.7% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 42.3% | 42.9% | 62.4% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 43.1% | 42.6% | 64.5% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 55.2% | 47.1% | 68.4% |
2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 59.8% | 44.1% | 72.9% |
2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 43.7% | 46.7% | 74.7% |
2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 61.1% | 53.3% | 76.8% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 61.8% | 58.3% | 79.0% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 61.5% | 56.3% | 78.9% |
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* Joseph H. Brensinger School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.