Academy I

Academy I serves 450 middle school students in grades 6-8 in Jersey City's diverse urban landscape. This regular public school has earned recognition as one of New Jersey's stronger middle schools, ranking in the 84th percentile statewide at #400 out of 2,475 schools with a solid 7.3 out of 10 MySchoolScout rating. The school demonstrates impressive academic performance, with 83% of students achieving proficiency or above in English Language Arts and 72% meeting or exceeding standards in mathematics.

With 29 full-time equivalent teachers serving the student body, Academy I maintains a reasonable 15.5:1 student-teacher ratio that allows for meaningful classroom attention. Located at 209 Bergen Avenue, the school sits in ZIP code 07305, a working-class neighborhood where the median household income is $73,735 and median home values reach $400,600. About one-third of area residents hold bachelor's degrees or higher, while the poverty rate stands at 17.8% among the ZIP code's nearly 71,000 residents.

Academy I operates within Jersey City's dynamic urban environment, providing middle school education in one of Hudson County's most populous and culturally rich communities.