School 12

Set in PATERSON, New Jersey, School 12 is a reasonably sized elementary campus, operated by Paterson Public School District. It educates 474 students across grades K through 8.

Across the 43 schools in Paterson Public School District (21,372 students total), School 12 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, School 12 lists that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 25% Black. By comparison, Passaic County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, School 12 has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 79% of students at School 12 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Passaic County's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, School 12 sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 23.1%; actual is 8.1%, a gap of -15.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Passaic County indicate the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Passaic County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), School 12 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Prospect Park School No. 1, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts School 12 at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 26.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at School 12 has contracted 16%, going from 563 students in 2018 to 474 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 60% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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