School 19

School 19 is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in PATERSON, New Jersey, operated by Paterson Public School District, works with 288 students in grades K through 4. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so School 19 sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

Paterson Public School District comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,372 students; School 19 is among them.

Looking at the student body, School 19 shows that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 33% Asian, 10% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting School 19 higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Passaic County's rate of about 61%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, School 19 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.3%; this one delivers 35.8%.

Across the wider county, Passaic County reports that 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 19 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Joseph A. Taub School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around School 19. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts School 19 at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 24.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at School 19 has edged down 22%, going from 371 students in 2018 to 288 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 49% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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