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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269004920
School 26
1 EAST 32ND STREET, PATERSON, NJ 07514 · (973) 321-0260 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
243 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
15.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
6.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 1 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
419
-81 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.8:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
70%
was 55%
% Black
28%
was 44%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About School 26
School 26 operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in PATERSON, New Jersey, part of Paterson Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 419 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.
Paterson Public School District comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,372 students; School 26 is among them.
On the student-mix side, School 26 lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, School 26 records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, School 26 is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.4%; School 26 posts 8.2%, -26.2 points below that line.
In the area at large, Passaic County reports that 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%. School 26 is one of 155 public schools in Passaic County (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students).
School 1 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), School 26 ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 23.0%.
School 26 operates from a commuter-belt location.
Five-year trend. School 26's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 500 (now 419). Black enrollment moved from 44% to 28% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around 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
- School 10.0 mi · 217
- Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts0.3 mi · 258
- Anna Iandoli Early Learning Center0.5 mi · 99
- School 210.5 mi · 665
- Students Transitioning and Achieving Real Success0.5 mi · 112
- Paterson STEAM High School0.5 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About School 26How large is School 26?
School 26 enrolls approximately 419 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does School 26 serve?
School 26 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at School 26?
The student-to-teacher ratio at School 26 is approximately 13.5:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at School 26?
Student demographics at School 26 are roughly 1% White, 70% Hispanic, 28% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is School 26 in?
School 26 is part of Paterson Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.