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Does School 13 have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269004898
School 13
690 EAST 23RD ST, PATERSON, NJ 07504 · (973) 321-0130 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
349 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 5% larger than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
32%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
18.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
5.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 18 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.3% | 5.0% |
| 2023-24 | 13.6% | 3.8% |
% 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
8.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% 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 →
Schools most like School 13
School 13's state test result (8.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| School 13 this school | 499 | 69.9% | 8.5% |
| Donald A. Quarles Early Childhood Center ENGLEWOOD | 434 | 70.7% | N/A |
| School 10 PATERSON | 474 | 62.0% | 6.2% |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Complex PATERSON | 513 | 66.1% | 11.0% |
| Emerson Community School PLAINFIELD | 414 | 72.7% | 29.4% |
| Dr. John Grieco Elementary School Englewood | 499 | 78.4% | 31.4% |
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 School 13 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #1,266 of 1,290 | #78 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.0% | #1,311 of 1,319 ▲ 2 | #84 of 87 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #1,245 of 1,319 ▲ 22 | #73 of 87 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #411 of 1,562 | #28 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,218 of 1,390 | #79 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #1,203 of 1,392 | #68 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.9% | #356 of 1,481 | #43 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #781 of 798 | #65 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
499
-37 (-7%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 499 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 70% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 71% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 680 | 34 | 20.0:1 | 67% (458) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 62% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 66% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 78% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 569 | 38 | 15.0:1 | 91% (516) |
| 2000-01 | 807 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 78% (628) |
| 1990-91 | 724 | 49 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for School 13.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (503 to 499); teachers up 13% (32 to 36).
About School 13
In PATERSON, New Jersey, School 13 is a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 499 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students.
Paterson Public School District counts 21,372 students in its 43 schools, and School 13 is one of them.
At School 13, Hispanic students make up 80% of the student body. After that, the student body is 19% Black. Among all residents of Passaic County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. School 13 has a diversity index of 32%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
School 13 counts 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.9 students for each one. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Passaic County, the average eligibility rate is 61%.
School 13 is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, School 13 scores 19.4 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 8.5%; the prediction is 27.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Passaic County show that median household income is about $87,522, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. School 13 is one of 155 public schools in Passaic County, which together enroll about 83,237 students.
The shortest distance from School 13 to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Anna Iandoli Early Learning Center. The five-mile area around School 13 holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 8.5% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The number of students dropped from 536 to 499 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 13.9 students per teacher, compared with 14.9 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Anna Iandoli Early Learning Center0.3 mi · 99
- Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts0.4 mi · 258
- Roberto Clemente0.4 mi · 254
- New Roberto Clemente0.4 mi · 473
- Eastside High School0.4 mi · 2,073
- School 240.5 mi · 668
Frequently asked questions
About School 13How large is School 13?
School 13 enrolls approximately 499 students in grades KG-08.
Is School 13 an elementary, middle, or high school?
School 13 is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at School 13?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at School 13.
What is the student diversity at School 13?
Student demographics at School 13 are roughly 0% White, 80% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees School 13?
School 13 is overseen by Paterson Public School District in Passaic County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.