New Roberto Clemente

Set in PATERSON, New Jersey, New Roberto Clemente is a small middle school, operated by Paterson Public School District. It instructs 473 students across grades 6 through 8.

Within Paterson Public School District, which oversees 43 schools and 21,372 students, New Roberto Clemente is one campus in the system.

Demographically, New Roberto Clemente logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%); the rest looks like 11% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, New Roberto Clemente reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), New Roberto Clemente is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 31.7%; New Roberto Clemente posts 8.4%, -23.3 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Passaic County shows median household earnings sit near $87,522, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Passaic County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), New Roberto Clemente is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Roberto Clemente, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Roberto Clemente at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 15.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. New Roberto Clemente's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 504 (now 473). Class-load math has rose: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.