Enrollment
240
Middle
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340471000382
Patrick M Villano School
175 Linwood Avenue, Emerson, NJ 07630 · (201) 262-4049 · Bergen County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
27 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 4 | 74 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 36% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Patrick M Villano School→Emerson Jr Sr High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Emerson Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
67.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
66.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 66.4% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 64.6% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Patrick M Villano School
Patrick M Villano School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick M Villano School this school | 240 | 11.3% | 61.0% |
| Allamuchy Township School ALLAMUCHY | 253 | 11.9% | 43.8% |
| Central Middle School Stirling | 284 | 10.6% | 60.2% |
| Wood-Ridge Intermediate School WOOD-RIDGE | 256 | 19.5% | 60.8% |
| Sussex County Technology Charter School SPARTA | 225 | 15.1% | 38.1% |
| Stewartsville Middle School STEWARTSVILLE | 210 | 11.0% | 58.1% |
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 Patrick M Villano School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #95 of 433 | #27 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #71 of 437 ▼ 3 | #22 of 53 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #166 of 437 ▲ 4 | #39 of 53 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #406 of 445 | #51 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #136 of 417 | #20 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #166 of 419 | #26 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.3% | #344 of 436 | #30 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #20 of 282 | #2 of 35 |
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
240
-18 (-7%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 261
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 240 | 23.6 | 10.2:1 | 11% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 235 | 24.3 | 9.7:1 | 7% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 23.7 | 10.7:1 | 6% (15) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 24 | 10.8:1 | 8% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 28.2 | 12.1:1 | 11% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | 30 | 10.8:1 | 7% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 22 | 17.4:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 312 | 15 | 20.8:1 | 2% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 261 | 15 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patrick M Villano School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (340 to 240); teachers down 16% (28.2 to 23.6).
About Patrick M Villano School
Patrick M Villano School sits in Emerson, New Jersey, and is classified as a middle-grades school. The school counted 240 students in 2024-25, covering grades 4 through 6. The school is 58% below the average for middle schools in New Jersey.
Patrick M Villano School is among 3 schools run by Emerson Public School District, which serves 1,054 students.
Of every 100 students at Patrick M Villano School, about 57 are White. The rest of enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Among Bergen County residents, the White share is about 55%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.2:1. The school has 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in New Jersey is 10.9:1. In all, 11% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 28% average among public schools in Bergen County.
Patrick M Villano School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 75% of New Jersey public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Patrick M Villano School is 60.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bergen County show that the median household earns about $124,884 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Bergen County has 291 public schools with about 133,883 students, including Patrick M Villano School.
Patrick M Villano School's nearest public school is Emerson Jr Sr High (about 0.3 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Patrick M Villano School. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Patrick M Villano School is 5th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school's student count fell 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Patrick M Villano School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Emerson Public School District
- Emerson Jr Sr HighHigh · 440 students
- Memorial SchoolElementary · 374 students
Other schools in Emerson
- Emerson Jr Sr HighHigh · 440 students
- Memorial SchoolElementary · 374 students
Nearby schools
- Emerson Jr Sr High0.3 mi · 440
- Memorial School0.7 mi · 374
- Brookside Elementary School1.1 mi · 390
- Westwood Regional Middle School1.1 mi · 656
- Berkeley Elementary1.3 mi · 277
- Roberge Elementary School1.5 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Patrick M Villano SchoolHow large is Patrick M Villano School?
Patrick M Villano School enrolls approximately 240 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Patrick M Villano School serve?
Patrick M Villano School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Patrick M Villano School?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Patrick M Villano School.
How diverse is Patrick M Villano School?
Patrick M Villano School reports a student body of 57% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Patrick M Villano School in?
Patrick M Villano School is part of Emerson Public School District.
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