Enrollment
254
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269004926
Roberto Clemente
434 ROSA PARKS BLVD, PATERSON, NJ 07501 · (973) 321-0340 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL254 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
216 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
23.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
22.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.4% | 22.9% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 20.6% |
% 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
19.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente's state test result (19.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Clemente this school | 254 | 85.0% | 19.3% |
| William Harrison Elementary School TRENTON | 243 | 88.5% | 8.0% |
| Jefferson Elementary School UNION CITY | 272 | 85.3% | 44.7% |
| Stony Brook School North Plainfield | 272 | 89.3% | 19.4% |
| Charles H. Stillman Elementary School PLAINFIELD | 317 | 87.4% | 16.2% |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 52 ELIZABETH | 301 | 83.7% | N/A |
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 Roberto Clemente ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #1,144 of 1,290 | #62 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #1,101 of 1,319 ▼ 22 | #57 of 87 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,200 of 1,319 ▼ 54 | #69 of 87 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 254 | #1,271 of 1,562 | #76 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #981 of 1,390 | #61 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.8% | #1,349 of 1,392 | #80 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.0% | #130 of 1,481 | #20 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #126 of 798 | #17 of 66 |
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
254
-47 (-16%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 254 | 20.5 | 12.4:1 | 85% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 20.5 | 13.0:1 | 82% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 271 | 18.5 | 14.7:1 | 87% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 301 | 19 | 15.8:1 | 90% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 94% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 21 | 16.0:1 | 92% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 20 | 18.7:1 | 97% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 387 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 98% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 25 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roberto Clemente.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (329 to 254); teachers down 7% (22 to 20.5).
About Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente is a small elementary school. Its address is in PATERSON, New Jersey. School enrollment was 254 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 37% smaller than that.
Paterson Public School District has a total of 43 schools and 21,372 students, Roberto Clemente among them.
The student body at Roberto Clemente is 93% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 7% Black. Among all residents of Passaic County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. The school's diversity index is 14%, meaning two students picked at random have a 14% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Roberto Clemente is 20.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.4:1. That is 0.9 students per teacher above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Around 85% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Passaic County averages 61%, lower than here.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Roberto Clemente's results are within a point of predicted: 19.3% against 19.6%.
Federal survey data for Passaic County show that the median household income is $87,522, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 155 public schools in Passaic County, enrolling about 83,237 students in all.
Nearby, Eastside High School is less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Roberto Clemente, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Roberto Clemente is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Roberto Clemente is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 16% from 2020-21, when Roberto Clemente had 301 students, to 2024-25, when it had 254. The ratio was 15.8:1 in 2020-21 and 12.4:1 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 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
Other Roberto Clemente schools
One other US public school is named Roberto Clemente. Roberto Clemente is the largest of the 2.
- ROBERTO CLEMENTECAROLINA, PR · 153 students
Nearby schools
- Eastside High School0.1 mi · 2,073
- New Roberto Clemente0.1 mi · 473
- School 150.2 mi · 577
- Alternative High School0.3 mi · 81
- Edward W. Kilpatrick0.4 mi · 295
- Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson0.4 mi · 683
Frequently asked questions
About Roberto ClementeHow many students attend Roberto Clemente?
Roberto Clemente enrolls approximately 254 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Roberto Clemente serve?
Roberto Clemente serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roberto Clemente?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roberto Clemente is approximately 12.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roberto Clemente?
At Roberto Clemente, the student body is approximately 93% Hispanic, 7% Black.
What district is Roberto Clemente in?
Roberto Clemente is part of Paterson Public School District.
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