Roberto Clemente

Located at 434 ROSA PARKS BLVD, in PATERSON, New Jersey, Roberto Clemente is a low-enrollment primary school that educates 254 students (grades K through 5), run under Paterson Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 37% below typical.

Across the 43 schools in Paterson Public School District (21,372 students total), Roberto Clemente accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Roberto Clemente records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). Other groups include 7% Black. By comparison, Passaic County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Roberto Clemente higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 85% of students at Roberto Clemente qualify 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.

After controlling for student poverty, Roberto Clemente tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Passaic County) records that median household earnings sit near $87,522, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which Roberto Clemente is one.

Eastside High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Roberto Clemente comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 13.8%.

Roberto Clemente operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Roberto Clemente's enrollment has ticked down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 329 (now 254). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 85% to 93% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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