Alexander Hamilton Academy

Alexander Hamilton Academy is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in PATERSON, New Jersey, operated by Paterson Public School District, caters to 439 students in grades K through 8.

Paterson Public School District runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 21,372 students. Alexander Hamilton Academy is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Alexander Hamilton Academy lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 30% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at Alexander Hamilton Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Alexander Hamilton Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.1%, the actual is 21.8%, a residual of -7.4 points.

Across the wider county, Passaic County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Alexander Hamilton Academy is one of 155 public schools in Passaic County (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students).

Paterson P-TECH High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alexander Hamilton Academy ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 15.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alexander Hamilton Academy has fell 20%, going from 552 students in 2018 to 439 in 2025.

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