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Enrollment
683
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILIP'S ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF PATERSON·NCES 340078403383
Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson
47 State Street, Paterson, NJ 07501 · (973) 247-8920 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL683 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
51 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
535 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 34% larger than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
49.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +12.9pp since 2023
Math
28.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.9% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 18.9% |
% 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
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson
Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson this school | 683 | 78.3% | 30.6% |
| Cresthaven Academy Charter School Plainfield | 621 | 82.4% | 27.4% |
| Rafael Hernandez School NEWARK | 713 | 82.9% | 11.5% |
| Middlesex County STEM Charter School Perth Amboy | 739 | 75.1% | 27.0% |
| Park Elementary School Newark | 747 | 82.7% | 39.7% |
| Elmora School No. 12 ELIZABETH | 658 | 81.3% | 31.9% |
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 Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #950 of 1,290 | #43 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #1,005 of 1,319 ▲ 107 | #50 of 87 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #715 of 1,319 ▲ 229 | #31 of 87 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 683 | #131 of 1,562 | #10 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,148 of 1,390 | #72 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.6% | #1,146 of 1,392 | #65 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.3% | #238 of 1,481 | #30 of 97 |
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
683
+316 (+86%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 683 | 51.2 | 13.3:1 | 78% (535) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 45 | 13.0:1 | 77% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 44 | 11.7:1 | 80% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 30 | 12.2:1 | 82% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 142 | 13.8 | 10.3:1 | 80% (113) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson.
Since 2017-18: students up 381% (142 to 683); teachers up 272% (13.8 to 51.2).
About Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson
Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson is a high-enrollment elementary school in Paterson, New Jersey, administered by Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson. It educates 683 students in kindergarten through 8. The school's enrollment is 69% larger than the 405 average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
In federal data, the district for Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson is the school itself.
Hispanic students are the majority at Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson, with 78% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 19% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 34 points above the 44% share among Passaic County residents. Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson's diversity index is 36%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 51.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson was 13.3:1. This ratio sits 1.9 above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 78%. Across public schools in Passaic County, the average is 61%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.6%, compared with a predicted 23.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Passaic County show that the median household income is $87,522, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 155 public schools in Passaic County, enrolling about 83,237 students in all.
School 15 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 13.1% on proficiency, and Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson is above that at 30.6%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson is a public charter school.
Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson reported 367 students in 2020-21 and 683 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.2:1 in 2020-21 to 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
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- 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
- School 150.2 mi · 577
- New Roberto Clemente0.3 mi · 473
- School 160.4 mi · 813
- Roberto Clemente0.4 mi · 254
- Alternative High School0.4 mi · 81
- Eastside High School0.4 mi · 2,073
Frequently asked questions
About Philip's Academy Charter School of PatersonHow large is Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson?
Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson enrolls approximately 683 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson serve?
Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson is approximately 13.3:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson?
At Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson, the student body is approximately 2% White, 78% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson in?
Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson is part of Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson.
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