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Neighborhood Guides > Jersey City > Education
Education
Colleges and universities
Jersey City is home to the New Jersey City University (NJCU) and Saint Peter's College, both of which are located in the city's West Side district. It is also home to Hudson County Community College, which is located in Journal Square. The University of Phoenix has a small location at Newport, and Rutgers University offers MBA classes at Harborside Center.
Public schools
The Jersey City Public Schools serve students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. JCPS is an Abbott District.
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, the most recently founded public school in Jersey City, was the top-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools[8] and was selected as 15th best high school in the United States in Newsweek magazine's national 2005 survey[9]. In contrast, William L. Dickinson High School, located near Jersey City's downtown area, is the oldest high school in the city. It is also 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 sites in Jersey City. It is a three-story Beaux-Arts structure located on a hilltop facing the Hudson River. Other public high schools in Jersey City are James J. Ferris High School, the Hudson County Schools of Technology (which also has campuses in North Bergen and Secaucus), Liberty High School, Lincoln High School and Henry Snyder High School.
Public School class in Jersey City in 1920
Private schools
Hudson Catholic Regional High School, a regional high school established in 1964 for young men of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, serves around 550 young men and is run by the De La Salle Christian Brothers. St. Peter's Preparatory High School is a private high school founded in 1872 by the Society of Jesus. It is the only Jesuit high school in New Jersey.
Other private high schools in Jersey City include the Academy of St. Aloysius, Kenmare High School for Women, St. Anthony High School [2] two-time national champions in Boys High School Basketball, Saint Aloysius High School, Saint Dominic Academy and St. Mary High School.
There are many choices for grade school. Catholic parochial schools serve every area of the City and a number of other charter and private schools are also available.
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