Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269004912
School 20
500 EAST 37TH STREET, PATERSON, NJ 07504 · (973) 321-0200 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
212 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 19 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 53% smaller than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
44%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
12.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
4.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.5% | 4.7% |
| 2023-24 | 12.1% | 3.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 20
School 20's state test result (7.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| School 20 this school | 343 | 61.8% | 7.7% |
| School 26 PATERSON | 419 | 58.0% | 8.2% |
| Cooper's Poynt Family School CAMDEN | 381 | 62.5% | 9.0% |
| Alexander Hamilton Academy PATERSON | 439 | 67.7% | 21.8% |
| Edward W. Kilpatrick PATERSON | 295 | 71.9% | 15.5% |
| Emerson Community School PLAINFIELD | 414 | 72.7% | 29.4% |
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 20 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.7% | #1,274 of 1,290 | #82 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.7% | #1,312 of 1,319 ▲ 2 | #85 of 87 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #1,289 of 1,319 ▼ 13 | #81 of 87 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #931 of 1,562 | #61 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #179 of 1,390 | #7 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #970 of 1,392 | #49 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.8% | #440 of 1,481 | #54 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #81 of 798 | #12 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
343
-88 (-20%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 343 | 37 | 9.3:1 | 62% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 33 | 10.4:1 | 60% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 36 | 10.4:1 | 55% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 36 | 12.0:1 | 54% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 77% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 63% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 82% (406) |
| 2000-01 | 595 | 43 | 13.8:1 | 73% (434) |
| 1990-91 | 621 | 47 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for School 20.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (463 to 343); teachers up 9% (34 to 37).
About School 20
School 20 sits in PATERSON, New Jersey, and is classified as an elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 8 and reported 343 students in 2024-25.
Besides School 20, Paterson Public School District runs 42 other schools. The district enrolls 21,372 students.
The share of Hispanic students at School 20 is 69%, a majority. It is also 29% Black. For comparison, the population of Passaic County is roughly 44% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
A staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 9.3:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 11.4:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 62%. Public schools in Passaic County average a similar 61%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, School 20 ranks in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. It scores 7.7%; the prediction is 32.3%.
The school's county is Passaic County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $87,522 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Passaic County number 155, with about 83,237 students.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Complex is the nearest public school to School 20, about 0.4 miles away. School 20 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. School 20 comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for School 20 is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 343 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 431. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.0:1 to 9.3:1.
School 20 has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Complex0.4 mi · 513
- School 250.6 mi · 526
- Memorial Middle School0.6 mi · 569
- Memorial Senior High School0.6 mi · 823
- School 240.7 mi · 668
- Anna Iandoli Early Learning Center0.8 mi · 99
Frequently asked questions
About School 20How many students attend School 20?
School 20 enrolls approximately 343 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does School 20 serve?
School 20 serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at School 20?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at School 20.
How diverse is School 20?
School 20 reports a student body of 69% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees School 20?
School 20 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.