School 7

School 7 operates as an intimate elementary school in PATERSON, New Jersey, operated by Paterson Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 250 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 38% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Within Paterson Public School District, which oversees 43 schools and 21,372 students, School 7 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, School 7 shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school reports 36% Asian, 5% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 90% of students at School 7 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Passaic County's rate of about 61%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, School 7 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.1%, the actual is 21.0%, a residual of +3.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Passaic County shows 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 7 is one.

International High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 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 7 ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. School 7's enrollment has climbed 13% since 2018, when it stood at 221 (now 250). Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 11% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the School 7 community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.