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Enrollment
1,688
Combined
STATE 934
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLEGE ACHIEVE PATERSON CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340079303413
College Achieve Paterson Charter School
21 Market Street, Paterson, NJ 07501 · (862) 257-1423 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,688 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
84 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
1,546 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 199 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 184 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 132 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 124 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 171 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 142 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 109 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 106 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (199) is 60% larger than its 8th grade class (124).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
73.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
42.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.3% | 42.4% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 34.5% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+31.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 16% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 32 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,688
+676 (+67%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,688 | 84 | 20.1:1 | 92% (1,546) |
| 2023-24 | 1,499 | 64 | 23.4:1 | 91% (1,367) |
| 2022-23 | 1,305 | 68 | 19.2:1 | 93% (1,216) |
| 2020-21 | 1,012 | 63 | 16.1:1 | 91% (923) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 19 | 15.6:1 | 67% (200) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for College Achieve Paterson Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 468% (297 to 1,688); teachers up 342% (19 to 84).
About College Achieve Paterson Charter School
College Achieve Paterson Charter School is a public school serving multiple grade levels in Paterson, New Jersey. The school runs kindergarten through 12 and enrolls 1,688 students. Combined schools in New Jersey average about 934 students, which makes this school 81% bigger than average.
College Achieve Paterson Charter School operates as its own local education agency.
About 65% of the student body at College Achieve Paterson Charter School is Hispanic. Other groups make up 34% Black. County-wide, 44% of Passaic County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
Based on 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, College Achieve Paterson Charter School has a ratio of 20.1:1. The gap from the 15.8:1 average for combined schools in New Jersey is 4.3 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 92%. That is 31 points above the 61% average for public schools in Passaic County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, College Achieve Paterson Charter School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey schools. It scores 47.5%; the prediction is 16.0%.
The school's county is Passaic County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $87,522, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 155 public schools in the county, enrolling about 83,237, College Achieve Paterson Charter School among them.
College Achieve Paterson Charter School's closest public school neighbor is School 2, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 47.5% is above the 18.0% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Reported enrollment: 1,012 (2020-21) and 1,688 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.1:1 to 20.1:1.
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Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paterson
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- John F. Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Paterson Charter School for Science and TechnologyCombined · 1,708 students
- Paterson Arts and Science Charter SchoolCombined · 1,330 students
- Joseph A. Taub SchoolMiddle · 976 students
- Community Charter School of PatersonElementary · 896 students
Nearby schools
- School 20.1 mi · 473
- Community Charter School of Paterson0.2 mi · 896
- Brilla New Jersey Charter School0.2 mi · 362
- Paterson Arts and Science Charter School0.3 mi · 1,330
- School 50.4 mi · 753
- Young Men's Academy0.4 mi · 50
Frequently asked questions
About College Achieve Paterson Charter SchoolHow large is College Achieve Paterson Charter School?
College Achieve Paterson Charter School enrolls approximately 1,688 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does College Achieve Paterson Charter School serve?
College Achieve Paterson Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at College Achieve Paterson Charter School?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at College Achieve Paterson Charter School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at College Achieve Paterson Charter School?
At College Achieve Paterson Charter School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 65% Hispanic, 34% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is College Achieve Paterson Charter School public or private?
College Achieve Paterson Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by College Achieve Paterson Charter School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.