Dr. Hani Awadallah School

Dr. Hani Awadallah School operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in PATERSON, New Jersey, run under Paterson Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 575 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 42% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Paterson Public School District runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 21,372 students. Dr. Hani Awadallah School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dr. Hani Awadallah School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%; the rest is composed of 30% White, 6% Black, 2% Asian. 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, The school currently runs with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Passaic County's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dr. Hani Awadallah School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.1%; this one delivers 24.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Passaic County indicate 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%. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which Dr. Hani Awadallah School is one.

The closest other public school is School #5, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dr. Hani Awadallah School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 24.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dr. Hani Awadallah School has decreased 15%, going from 678 students in 2018 to 575 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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