Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269004872
Edward W. Kilpatrick
295-315 ELLISON STREET, PATERSON, NJ 07501 · (973) 321-0330 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
212 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 104 | 35% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 21% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
17.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
5.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.0% | 5.6% |
| 2023-24 | 21.8% | 17.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Edward W. Kilpatrick
Edward W. Kilpatrick's state test result (15.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward W. Kilpatrick this school | 295 | 71.9% | 15.5% |
| Geraldyn O Foster Early Childhood Center BRIDGETON | 316 | 73.4% | N/A |
| Harrison Elementary School ROSELLE | 325 | 79.4% | 44.6% |
| Darlene C. McKnight Elementary TRENTON | 350 | 78.6% | 4.5% |
| Emerson Community School PLAINFIELD | 414 | 72.7% | 29.4% |
| Pine Grove Manor School Somerset | 346 | 76.9% | 31.0% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Edward W. Kilpatrick ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #1,193 of 1,290 | #68 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.6% | #1,306 of 1,319 ▼ 161 | #81 of 87 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,261 of 1,319 ▼ 72 | #74 of 87 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #1,128 of 1,562 | #66 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #763 of 1,390 | #44 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.4% | #1,016 of 1,392 | #56 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #325 of 1,481 | #37 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #285 of 798 | #34 of 66 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
295
-52 (-15%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 295 | 25.5 | 11.6:1 | 72% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 300 | 28 | 10.7:1 | 76% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 66% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 31 | 11.2:1 | 76% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 85% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 72% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 24 | 17.9:1 | 94% (403) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 77% (303) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 30 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edward W. Kilpatrick.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (345 to 295); teachers down 9% (28 to 25.5).
About Edward W. Kilpatrick
In PATERSON, New Jersey, part of Passaic County, Edward W. Kilpatrick is an elementary school. The school enrolls 295 students, from pre-K through 3. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New Jersey) has about 405 students.
Paterson Public School District runs Edward W. Kilpatrick along with 42 other schools, enrolling 21,372 students in total.
At Edward W. Kilpatrick, Hispanic students make up 73% of the student body. It is also 24% Black. For comparison, the population of Passaic County is roughly 44% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 25.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.6:1. That matches the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 72%. Public schools in Passaic County average 61%.
Edward W. Kilpatrick is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Edward W. Kilpatrick lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 15.5%; the prediction is 26.8%.
Passaic County has about 521,012 residents, and the median household income is $87,522, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Passaic County has 155 public schools and roughly 83,237 students.
Alexander Hamilton Academy is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Edward W. Kilpatrick. Edward W. Kilpatrick places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Edward W. Kilpatrick's enrollment declined from 347 in 2020-21 to 295 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Public School District
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- John F. Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Joseph A. Taub SchoolMiddle · 976 students
- School 16Elementary · 813 students
- School 5Elementary · 753 students
- Charles J. Riley/ School 9Elementary · 682 students
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
- College Achieve Paterson Charter SchoolCombined · 1,688 students
- Paterson Arts and Science Charter SchoolCombined · 1,330 students
- Joseph A. Taub SchoolMiddle · 976 students
Nearby schools
- Alexander Hamilton Academy0.2 mi · 439
- Senator Frank Lautenberg School0.2 mi · 605
- Alternative High School0.2 mi · 81
- Paterson P-TECH High School0.2 mi · 193
- Eastside High School0.3 mi · 2,073
- Norman S. Weir0.3 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About Edward W. KilpatrickHow many students attend Edward W. Kilpatrick?
Edward W. Kilpatrick enrolls approximately 295 students in grades PK-03.
Is Edward W. Kilpatrick an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edward W. Kilpatrick is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many students per teacher at Edward W. Kilpatrick?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Edward W. Kilpatrick.
How diverse is Edward W. Kilpatrick?
Edward W. Kilpatrick reports a student body of 2% White, 73% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Edward W. Kilpatrick?
Edward W. Kilpatrick is overseen by Paterson Public School District in Passaic County.
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