School 3

As a compact elementary campus in PATERSON, New Jersey, School 3 teaches 167 students from grades K through 8, run under Paterson Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 59% smaller than typical.

Across the 43 schools in Paterson Public School District (21,372 students total), School 3 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, School 3 lists that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, School 3 has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at School 3 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Passaic County's rate of about 61%.

With demographic context factored in, School 3 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 14.1%; this one delivers 15.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Passaic County) records that the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which School 3 is one.

Brilla New Jersey Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts School 3 at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 23.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 59%: 403 students in 2018 compared to 167 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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