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Whitney M. Young Jr. School
135 Stegman St Jersey City NJ, 07305, Hudson County Phone: 201-915-6440 Ranking:  (1,810 out of 1,847, bottom 2%)*Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 7 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: | 75 | 73 | 62 | 50 | 52 | 84 | 66 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 861 | 776 | 712 | 652 | 626 | 636 | 601 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 92 | 10.7% | 99 | 12.8% | 120 | 16.9% | 125 | 19.2% | 109 | 17.4% | 88 | 13.8% | 81 | 13.5% |
| Kindergarten: | 125 | 14.5% | 115 | 14.8% | 114 | 16.0% | 107 | 16.4% | 89 | 14.2% | 99 | 15.6% | 91 | 15.1% |
| Grade 1: | 117 | 13.6% | 102 | 13.1% | 89 | 12.5% | 93 | 14.3% | 94 | 15.0% | 106 | 16.7% | 80 | 13.3% |
| Grade 2: | 102 | 11.8% | 75 | 9.7% | 89 | 12.5% | 95 | 14.6% | 90 | 14.4% | 77 | 12.1% | 87 | 14.5% |
| Grade 3: | 78 | 9.1% | 89 | 11.5% | 92 | 12.9% | 86 | 13.2% | 67 | 10.7% | 77 | 12.1% | 78 | 13.0% |
| Grade 4: | 75 | 8.7% | 88 | 11.3% | 77 | 10.8% | 72 | 11.0% | 73 | 11.7% | 78 | 12.3% | 73 | 12.1% |
| Grade 5: | 72 | 8.4% | 79 | 10.2% | 71 | 10.0% | 74 | 11.3% | 72 | 11.5% | 78 | 12.3% | 84 | 14.0% |
| Grade 6: | 66 | 7.7% | 64 | 8.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 7: | 61 | 7.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Ungraded: | 73 | 8.5% | 65 | 8.4% | 60 | 8.4% | NA | NA | 32 | 5.1% | 33 | 5.2% | 27 | 4.5% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 452 | 52.5% | 414 | 53.4% | 385 | 54.1% | 359 | 55.1% | 325 | 51.9% | 329 | 51.7% | 317 | 52.7% |
| Female: | 409 | 47.5% | 362 | 46.6% | 327 | 45.9% | 293 | 44.9% | 301 | 48.1% | 307 | 48.3% | 280 | 46.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 24 | 2.8% | 17 | 2.2% | 19 | 2.7% | 7 | 1.1% | 5 | 0.8% | 7 | 1.1% | 10 | 1.7% |
| Hispanic: | 139 | 16.1% | 117 | 15.1% | 93 | 13.1% | 88 | 13.5% | 92 | 14.7% | 75 | 11.8% | 57 | 9.5% |
| Black: | 683 | 79.3% | 626 | 80.7% | 587 | 82.4% | 543 | 83.3% | 527 | 84.2% | 549 | 86.3% | 528 | 87.9% |
| White: | 12 | 1.4% | 11 | 1.4% | 10 | 1.4% | 10 | 1.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.8% | 6 | 1.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 658 | 76.4% | 650 | 83.8% | 629 | 88.3% | 545 | 83.6% | 509 | 81.3% | 512 | 80.5% | 460 | 76.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 32 | 3.7% | 37 | 4.8% | 34 | 4.8% | 42 | 6.4% | 35 | 5.6% | 51 | 8.0% | 36 | 6.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 11.48 | 10.63 | 11.54 | 13.04 | 12.04 | 6.30 | 9.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ASK | ||||||
| 2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 24.6% | 63.6% | 79.4% |
| 2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 46.1% | 73.8% | 83.2% |
| 2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 50% | 66.6% | 82.4% |
| 2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 50.5% | 69.9% | 83.4% |
| 2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 53.6% | 72.4% | 86.1% |
| 2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 15% | 40.6% | 62.9% |
| 2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 25.4% | 43.3% | 59.8% |
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 31% | 47.4% | 63.0% |
| 2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 34% | 53.4% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 36.5% | 53.3% | 66.4% |
| 2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 19.7% | 52.9% | 76.6% |
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 34.7% | 68.8% | 82.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 56% | 76.6% | 86.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 65.6% | 75.8% | 87.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 40.7% | 71% | 86.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 22.8% | 61.0% | 75.4% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 44.8% | 64.4% | 78.3% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 49.4% | 63.6% | 78.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 49% | 65.6% | 78.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 45.9% | 67.3% | 77.7% |
| 2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 32.1% | 58.4% | 77.6% |
| 2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 42.4% | 66.1% | 82.2% |
| 2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 55.4% | 71.7% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 46.8% | 63.5% | 80.0% |
| 2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 48.8% | 62.0% | 80.6% |
| 2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 52.4% | 68.4% | 82.7% |
| 2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 21.8% | 37.6% | 63.2% |
| 2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 25.0% | 35.2% | 59.7% |
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 26.6% | 42.2% | 62.7% |
| 2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 21.8% | 39.5% | 58.5% |
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 12.2% | 41.0% | 59.4% |
| 2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 21.8% | 44.9% | 68.0% |
| 2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 43.1% | 55.8% | 72.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 58.5% | 63.2% | 80.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 65.1% | 69.9% | 82.3% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 50.0% | 72.0% | 84.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 53.1% | 69.1% | 84.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 30.4% | 55.1% | 73.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 48.6% | 61.7% | 77.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 44.3% | 63.7% | 79.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 35.6% | 63.1% | 77.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 41.1% | 72.9% | 78.3% |
| 2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 49.2% | 63.5% | 81.1% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 55.6% | 64.5% | 82.3% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 54.1% | 66.4% | 83.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 57.6% | 67.5% | 85.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67.9% | 80% | 91.1% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.8% | 87.4% | 93.5% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 82.3% | 80.7% | 90.0% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67.8% | 82.0% | 91.3% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 62.3% | 80.8% | 89.5% |
| 2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 56.3% | 72.6% | 88.8% |
| 2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 16.7% | 31.9% | 60.0% |
| 2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 27.8% | 40.3% | 66.2% |
| 2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 27.5% | 42% | 63.3% |
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 19% | 37.6% | 60.9% |
| 2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 31.4% | 43.1% | 62.1% |
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 25.0% | 44.0% | 61.3% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 36.4% | 57.8% | 84.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 25.8% | 58.0% | 76.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 26.9% | 64% | 77.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 36.2% | 66.3% | 79.0% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 49.4% | 66.5% | 80.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 54.7% | 73.9% | 83.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 40.4% | 72.8% | 79.9% |
| 2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 24.7% | 48.9% | 75.8% |
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 19.7% | 47.4% | 66.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 34.9% | 51.9% | 79% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 50.7% | 67.4% | 78.9% |
| GEPA | ||||||
| 2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 29.5% | 56.1% | 73.8% |
| 2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 18.2% | 49.9% | 71.8% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 9.5% | 36.5% | 56.7% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 14.7% | 42.7% | 61.7% |
| 2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 24.3% | 44.1% | 72.9% |
| 2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 20.9% | 46.7% | 74.7% |
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* Whitney M. Young Jr. School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.