Enrollment
258
High
DISTRICT 633 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269005998
Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts
413 12TH AVENUE, PATERSON, NJ 07514 · (973) 321-0520 · Passaic County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of New Jersey public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
154 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 71 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 72 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 71 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 44 | 17% |
Student demographics
48%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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
7.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -16.5pp since 2023
Math
4.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 7.5% | 4.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 4.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% 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 →
Schools most like Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts
Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts's state test result (8.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts this school | 258 | 59.7% | 8.4% |
| Essex County West Caldwell Tech West Caldwell | 353 | 66.0% | 36.8% |
| Asbury Park High School ASBURY PARK | 379 | 67.5% | 18.1% |
| Paterson P-TECH High School PATERSON | 193 | 54.4% | 21.1% |
| Paterson STEAM High School PATERSON | 379 | 64.6% | 13.4% |
| Camden High School CAMDEN | 425 | 54.4% | 3.7% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #379 of 397 | #17 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.3% | #374 of 400 ▼ 4 | #17 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.5% | #384 of 395 ▼ 19 | #18 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #385 of 442 | #19 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #43 of 388 | #3 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #250 of 389 | #9 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #108 of 405 | #10 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #178 of 200 | #11 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high 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
258
+20 (+8%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 271
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 8.5:1
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 | 258 | 26 | 9.9:1 | 60% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 27 | 9.5:1 | 63% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 27 | 9.3:1 | 53% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | 28 | 8.5:1 | 56% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 263 | 30 | 8.8:1 | 65% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 287 | 32 | 9.0:1 | 61% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 234 | 28 | 8.4:1 | 85% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 30 | 8.5:1 | 62% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 271 | 30 | 9.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (263 to 258); teachers down 13% (30 to 26).
About Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts
Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts is a public high school in PATERSON, New Jersey. A total of 258 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. Against the 929-student average for high schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 72% lower.
Paterson Public School District, which runs Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts, has 43 schools and 21,372 students.
Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts's enrollment is 62% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 37% Black. In Passaic County overall, about 44% of residents are Hispanic. Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 26 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 9.9:1. Among high schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 12.7:1. Eligible students account for 60% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Passaic County, the average is about the same, 61%.
Measured against New Jersey public high schools, Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts posts 8.4% against a 33.5% prediction, a bottom-10% result in New Jersey.
In Passaic County (population about 521,012), median household income is about $87,522, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. A total of 155 public schools operate in Passaic County, serving about 83,237 students.
The closest public school, School 26, is about 0.3 miles from Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 238 in 2020-21 and 258 in 2024-25, an 8% gain. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 8.5:1 in 2020-21 to 9.9:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Other schools in PATERSON
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- 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
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- School 260.3 mi · 419
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- School 210.3 mi · 665
- School 130.4 mi · 499
- Students Transitioning and Achieving Real Success0.7 mi · 112
Frequently asked questions
About Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing ArtsWhat is the total enrollment at Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts?
Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts enrolls approximately 258 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts serve?
Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts have?
Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts?
Student demographics at Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts are roughly 1% White, 62% Hispanic, 37% Black.
What district is Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts in?
Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts is part of Paterson Public School District.
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