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Enrollment
976
Middle
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269003263
Joseph A. Taub School
202 UNION AVENUE, PATERSON, NJ 07502 · (973) 321-0700 · Passaic County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL976 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of New Jersey public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
663 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 285 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 336 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 355 | 36% |
Student demographics
57%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
33.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
16.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.7% | 16.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 16.4% |
% 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
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Joseph A. Taub School
Joseph A. Taub School's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph A. Taub School this school | 976 | 67.9% | 21.9% |
| North Brunswick Twp. Middle School North Brunswick | 754 | 59.9% | 33.2% |
| Carteret Junior High School Carteret | 568 | 78.0% | 32.3% |
| Linwood School NORTH BRUNSWICK | 761 | 62.7% | 27.9% |
| Fords Middle School FORDS | 645 | 56.9% | 30.1% |
| Carteret Middle School CARTERET | 540 | 80.0% | 29.1% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Joseph A. Taub School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #384 of 433 | #18 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #381 of 437 ▼ 4 | #18 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #376 of 437 ▲ 3 | #17 of 21 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 976 | #38 of 445 | #3 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #416 of 417 | #19 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #195 of 419 | #5 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.9% | #75 of 436 | #5 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.5% | #9 of 122 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
976
+143 (+17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 976 | 56.6 | 17.3:1 | 68% (663) |
| 2023-24 | 968 | 54 | 17.9:1 | 50% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 978 | 54 | 18.1:1 | 51% (502) |
| 2020-21 | 833 | 51 | 16.3:1 | 59% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 47.5 | 14.9:1 | 79% (564) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 77% (465) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph A. Taub School.
Since 2017-18: students up 37% (710 to 976); teachers up 19% (47.5 to 56.6).
About Joseph A. Taub School
Joseph A. Taub School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Paterson Public School District, located in PATERSON, New Jersey. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 976 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students, so this school is 69% bigger than average.
Paterson Public School District has 21,372 students in 43 schools, and Joseph A. Taub School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Joseph A. Taub School is 59% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 26% Asian, 11% Black, and 4% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Passaic County's population at about 44%. Joseph A. Taub School has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Joseph A. Taub School total 56.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 68%.
The allk12 Grade for Joseph A. Taub School is D. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Joseph A. Taub School's results are 7.1 points below predicted: 21.9% against 29.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Passaic County, median household income is about $87,522, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Passaic County number 155 and enroll about 83,237.
The nearest public school is John F. Kennedy High School, at about 0.3 miles. Joseph A. Taub School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 25.1% proficiency; Joseph A. Taub School posts 21.9%.
Federal data place Joseph A. Taub School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 17%, from 833 to 976.
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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 Public School District
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- John F. Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- School 16Elementary · 813 students
- School 5Elementary · 753 students
- Charles J. Riley/ School 9Elementary · 682 students
- School 24Elementary · 668 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
- Community Charter School of PatersonElementary · 896 students
Nearby schools
- John F. Kennedy High School0.3 mi · 1,846
- School 190.3 mi · 288
- School 270.5 mi · 641
- School 50.6 mi · 753
- School 70.6 mi · 250
- College Achieve Paterson Charter School0.7 mi · 1,688
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph A. Taub SchoolHow large is Joseph A. Taub School?
Joseph A. Taub School enrolls approximately 976 students in grades 06-08.
Is Joseph A. Taub School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Joseph A. Taub School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Joseph A. Taub School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Joseph A. Taub School is approximately 17.3:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Joseph A. Taub School?
At Joseph A. Taub School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 59% Hispanic, 11% Black, 26% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Joseph A. Taub School in?
Joseph A. Taub School is part of Paterson Public School District.
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