School 18

School 18 operates as a moderately sized elementary school in PATERSON, New Jersey, operated by Paterson Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 601 students spanning grades 1 through 8. That puts it 48% larger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Paterson Public School District comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,372 students; School 18 is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, School 18 lists that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, School 18 has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at School 18 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, School 18 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.7%, the actual is 21.5%, a residual of -7.2 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Passaic County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which School 18 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Memorial Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts School 18 at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 40%: 998 students in 2018 compared to 601 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 13% to 7%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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