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Does School 2 have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269004876
School 2
22 PASSAIC STREET, PATERSON, NJ 07501 · (973) 321-0020 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
400 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
49.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +17.4pp since 2023
Math
21.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
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
23.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
473
-77 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.7:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
78%
was 83%
% Black
15%
was 12%
% Asian
6%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About School 2
School 2, a mid-sized elementary school in PATERSON, New Jersey, overseen by Paterson Public School District, serves 473 students, covering grades K through 8.
Within Paterson Public School District, which oversees 43 schools and 21,372 students, School 2 is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, School 2 records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment; the rest reads as 15% Black, 6% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 85% of students at School 2 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Passaic County's rate of about 61%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, School 2 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.9%; this one delivers 23.7%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Passaic County indicate median household income runs about $87,522, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 2 is one.
Nearest neighbor: College Achieve Paterson Charter School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), School 2 ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 22.7%.
School 2 operates from a residential location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 550 students in 2018 compared to 473 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 83% to 78% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- College Achieve Paterson Charter School0.1 mi · 1,688
- Brilla New Jersey Charter School0.2 mi · 362
- Young Men's Academy0.3 mi · 50
- Community Charter School of Paterson0.3 mi · 896
- Newcomers High School0.3 mi · 106
- Norman S. Weir0.4 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About School 2What is the total enrollment at School 2?
School 2 enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does School 2 serve?
School 2 serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at School 2?
The student-to-teacher ratio at School 2 is approximately 11.7:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at School 2?
At School 2, the student body is approximately 2% White, 78% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian.
Who oversees School 2?
School 2 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.