Paterson P-TECH High School

Paterson P-TECH High School is one of the minimally staffed 9-12 campuss in PATERSON, New Jersey, operated by Paterson Public School District, with 193 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 79% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Paterson P-TECH High School is one of 43 schools operated by Paterson Public School District, a district that instructs 21,372 students overall.

Demographically, Paterson P-TECH High School records that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 25% Black, 5% White, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Paterson P-TECH High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.4%; actual is 21.1%, a gap of -15.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Passaic County indicate median household earnings sit near $87,522, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Passaic County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), Paterson P-TECH High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Alexander Hamilton Academy, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Paterson P-TECH High School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 16.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 226 students in 2018 compared to 193 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 58% to 67%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Paterson P-TECH High School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.