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Dr. Ronald McNair Academy High School (Top 100, #26)

Jersey City School District
Hudson County

123 Coles Street
Jersey City, New Jersey
(201)418-7618

Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index:	3.1
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap:	42.0
College Readiness Index	81.0

For more information on this school, visit the SchoolMatters website.

Grades Served	9-12
Magnet School	Not Available
Charter School	No
Admissions Type	Application-Merit Selection
NCES Locale Type	Urban Fringe of a Large City
Receives Title I Funding

Enrollment	584
Minority Enrollment (% of total)	46.0%
Disadvantaged Student Enrollment (% of total)	34.1%

State Test Performance Index	133.2
Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index	3.1

Disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	100.0
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap	42.0
Non-disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	100.0
Current State Test Achievement Gap	0.0

AP Participation Rate	100.0%
Quality-Adjusted AP Participation Rate	74.6%
Exams Per Test Taker	3.7
Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker	2.8
AP Pass Rate	51.6%
College Readiness Index	81.0

Criteria for Medals

Gold Medal

Top 100 schools nationally based on College Readiness Index

Silver Medal

all other schools with a college-readiness index of at least 20, but that are not in the top 100 nationally

Bronze Medal

either do not offer AP, or do not achieve a college readiness index of at least 20, but successfully meet other two key performance indicator criteria

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