Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269004918
School 25
287 TRENTON AVENUE, PATERSON, NJ 07503 · (973) 321-0250 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
464 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
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
28.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
15.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 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
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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
526
-28 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.3:1
% White
18%
was 17%
% Hispanic
74%
was 74%
% Black
6%
was 8%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About School 25
As a mid-sized elementary-level community in PATERSON, New Jersey, School 25 teaches 526 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Paterson Public School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so School 25 sits 30% bigger than that benchmark.
Paterson Public School District comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,372 students; School 25 is among them.
Demographically, School 25 logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 18% White, 6% Black. By comparison, Passaic County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Passaic County's rate of about 61%.
With demographic context factored in, School 25 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.9%; this one delivers 18.7%.
Across the wider county, census data for Passaic County shows median household income runs about $87,522, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 25 is one campus in the mix.
Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around School 25. On composite proficiency, School 25 comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 20.3%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Over the past 7-year window. School 25's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 554 (now 526).
On this page, members of the School 25 community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology0.6 mi · 1,708
- School 200.6 mi · 343
- Charles J. Riley/ School 90.7 mi · 682
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Complex0.8 mi · 513
- School 160.8 mi · 813
- School #110.9 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About School 25How many students attend School 25?
School 25 enrolls approximately 526 students in grades PK-08.
Is School 25 an elementary, middle, or high school?
School 25 is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does School 25 have?
School 25 employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
How diverse is School 25?
School 25 reports a student body of 18% White, 74% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees School 25?
School 25 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.