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Enrollment
601
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269004908
School 18
51 E 18TH STREET, PATERSON, NJ 07524 · (973) 321-0180 · Passaic County
GRADES 01–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
411 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 12% |
This year's 1st grade class (62) is 17% smaller than its 8th grade class (75).
Student demographics
18%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
33.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.4% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.2% | 15.4% |
% 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
21.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 18
School 18's state test result (21.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| School 18 this school | 601 | 68.4% | 21.5% |
| James J. Flynn Elementary School PERTH AMBOY | 599 | 75.1% | 22.5% |
| School 15 PATERSON | 577 | 75.0% | 13.7% |
| North Dover Elementary School DOVER | 640 | 75.0% | 21.0% |
| Colin Powell Elementary School Union City | 692 | 73.6% | 48.1% |
| Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School PERTH AMBOY | 632 | 76.1% | 15.9% |
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 18 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #1,110 of 1,290 | #59 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,178 of 1,319 ▼ 3 | #62 of 87 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #1,052 of 1,319 ▲ 57 | #53 of 87 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #224 of 1,562 | #17 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #373 of 1,390 | #17 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.6% | #1,324 of 1,392 | #76 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #374 of 1,481 | #44 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.8% | #21 of 798 | #5 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
601
-139 (-19%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 806
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 601 | 59.5 | 10.1:1 | 68% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 651 | 60.5 | 10.8:1 | 75% (490) |
| 2022-23 | 757 | 57.5 | 13.2:1 | 81% (610) |
| 2020-21 | 740 | 61 | 12.1:1 | 66% (490) |
| 2017-18 | 998 | 65 | 15.3:1 | 79% (786) |
| 2015-16 | 1,068 | 73 | 14.6:1 | 86% (922) |
| 2010-11 | 1,196 | 60 | 19.9:1 | 86% (1,033) |
| 2000-01 | 1,203 | 63 | 19.1:1 | 78% (936) |
| 1990-91 | 806 | 49 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for School 18.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (998 to 601); teachers down 8% (65 to 59.5).
About School 18
Families in PATERSON, New Jersey, are served by School 18, a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 601 students in grades 1 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405, so this school runs 48% larger than that.
Paterson Public School District is made up of 43 schools with 21,372 students in all.
Hispanic students make up 91% of enrollment at School 18. Next come 7% Black. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Passaic County residents. School 18's diversity index is 18%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 10.1 students per teacher and 59.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.3 below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 68%.
A school with School 18's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 28.7%. School 18 scores 21.5%, 7.2 points below that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in Passaic County, the median household income is $87,522, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. School 18 is one of 155 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to School 18 is Memorial Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 21.5% is below the 41.3% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 19% from its 2020-21 level of 740. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.1:1 in 2020-21, and 10.1:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at School 18. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Memorial Middle School0.7 mi · 655
- Westmoreland Elementary School0.8 mi · 359
- Lincoln Middle School0.9 mi · 522
- School 101.0 mi · 474
- School 211.0 mi · 665
- John A. Forrest Elementary School1.0 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About School 18What is the total enrollment at School 18?
School 18 enrolls approximately 601 students in grades 01-08.
What grades does School 18 serve?
School 18 serves grades 01-08.
How many teachers does School 18 have?
School 18 employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the student diversity at School 18?
Student demographics at School 18 are roughly 1% White, 91% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is School 18 public or private?
School 18 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.