Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School

Located at 55 CLINTON STREET, in PATERSON, New Jersey, Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School is a medium-sized elementary-level community that serves 491 students (grades 1 through 8), overseen by Paterson Public School District. That puts it 21% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School is one of 43 schools operated by Paterson Public School District, a district that works with 21,372 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School records that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 35% Black. By comparison, Passaic County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School shows 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Passaic County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 27.6%; this one comes in at 6.8%, -20.8 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Passaic County) records that the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School is one.

The closest other public school is School 28, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School has edged up 5%, going from 469 students in 2018 to 491 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 53% to 64%.

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