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If you had an hour of school board time for Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269004880
Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School
55 CLINTON STREET, PATERSON, NJ 07522 · (973) 321-0040 · Passaic County
GRADES 01–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
346 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
11.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
4.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
6.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
491
+22 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.0:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
64%
was 53%
% Black
35%
was 45%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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%.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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 Public School District
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- John F. Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Joseph A. Taub SchoolMiddle · 976 students
- School 16Elementary · 813 students
- School 5Elementary · 753 students
- Charles J. Riley/ School 9Elementary · 682 students
Other schools in PATERSON
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- John F. Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Paterson Charter School for Science and TechnologyCombined · 1,708 students
- 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 280.1 mi · 463
- School 120.4 mi · 474
- Norman S. Weir0.5 mi · 272
- Newcomers High School0.5 mi · 106
- School 50.6 mi · 753
- Paterson P-TECH High School0.6 mi · 193
Frequently asked questions
About Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School?
Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School enrolls approximately 491 students in grades 01-08.
What grades does Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School serve?
Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School serves grades 01-08.
How many students per teacher at Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School.
How diverse is Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School?
Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School reports a student body of 1% White, 64% Hispanic, 35% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School public or private?
Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Paterson Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.