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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269004902
School 15
98 OAK STREET, PATERSON, NJ 07501 · (973) 321-0150 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of New Jersey public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
433 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
22%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
15.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
24.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.0% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 11.2% | 13.2% |
% 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
13.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 School 15
School 15's state test result (13.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| School 15 this school | 577 | 75.0% | 13.7% |
| Edward J. Patten Elementary School PERTH AMBOY | 649 | 77.5% | 23.7% |
| James J. Flynn Elementary School PERTH AMBOY | 599 | 75.1% | 22.5% |
| Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood Center PERTH AMBOY | 577 | 76.8% | N/A |
| Ridge Street School NEWARK | 593 | 81.5% | 31.9% |
| School 18 PATERSON | 601 | 68.4% | 21.5% |
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 15 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #1,215 of 1,290 | #70 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #1,070 of 1,319 ▲ 138 | #54 of 87 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #1,275 of 1,319 ▲ 4 | #78 of 87 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #263 of 1,562 | #19 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #799 of 1,390 | #47 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #1,287 of 1,392 | #74 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.0% | #288 of 1,481 | #33 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #353 of 798 | #40 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
577
+58 (+11%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,062
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 577 | 49.5 | 11.7:1 | 75% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 47 | 11.6:1 | 74% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 44 | 13.6:1 | 74% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 47 | 11.0:1 | 94% (487) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 51.5 | 12.7:1 | 86% (562) |
| 2015-16 | 799 | 54 | 14.8:1 | 80% (636) |
| 2010-11 | 775 | 58 | 13.4:1 | 86% (666) |
| 2000-01 | 1,058 | 68 | 15.6:1 | 82% (871) |
| 1990-91 | 1,062 | 68 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for School 15.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (656 to 577); teachers down 4% (51.5 to 49.5).
About School 15
A mid-sized elementary school in PATERSON, New Jersey, School 15 is part of Paterson Public School District. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 577 students enrolled. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 42% higher.
School 15 reports to Paterson Public School District, which has 43 schools and 21,372 students.
Of every 100 students at School 15, about 88 are Hispanic. It is also 10% Black. For comparison, the population of Passaic County is roughly 44% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 22, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.7 students per teacher. That is in line with the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Of all students at School 15, 75% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Passaic County report 61%.
School 15 holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
The model predicts 25.1% for a school in New Jersey with School 15's free or reduced-price lunch share. School 15 posts 13.7%.
The county, Passaic County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $87,522, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 155 public schools and about 83,237 students.
The closest school to School 15 is Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson, located about 0.2 miles away. School 15 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. School 15's average proficiency of 13.7% compares with 16.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count increased 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
People who know School 15 can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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
- Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson0.2 mi · 683
- New Roberto Clemente0.2 mi · 473
- Roberto Clemente0.2 mi · 254
- Eastside High School0.2 mi · 2,073
- Alternative High School0.3 mi · 81
- School 240.4 mi · 668
Frequently asked questions
About School 15How many students attend School 15?
School 15 enrolls approximately 577 students in grades PK-05.
Is School 15 an elementary, middle, or high school?
School 15 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does School 15 have?
School 15 employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at School 15?
Student demographics at School 15 are roughly 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is School 15 public or private?
School 15 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Paterson Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.