1
What's one community event at School 8 more people should show up to?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269004888
School 8
35 CHADWICK STREET, PATERSON, NJ 07503 · (973) 321-0080 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
322 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
21.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
9.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.2pp since 2023
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
11.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
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
411
-71 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.1:1
% White
7%
was 4%
% Hispanic
88%
was 90%
% Black
5%
was 6%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About School 8
School 8 is a mid-sized primary school in PATERSON, New Jersey, part of Paterson Public School District. The school hosts 411 students in grades K through 8.
Paterson Public School District comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,372 students; School 8 is among them.
Demographically, School 8 logs that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 7% White, 5% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Passaic County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, School 8 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.3%; this one delivers 11.8%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Passaic County put median household earnings sit near $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 8 is one of 155 public schools in Passaic County (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students).
School 3 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, School 8 comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 20.5%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Over the past 7-year window. School 8's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 482 (now 411).
On allk12, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 30.5 mi · 167
- Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson0.5 mi · 683
- Dr. Hani Awadallah School0.5 mi · 575
- School 160.6 mi · 813
- School 150.7 mi · 577
- International High School0.7 mi · 650
Frequently asked questions
About School 8What is the total enrollment at School 8?
School 8 enrolls approximately 411 students in grades KG-08.
Is School 8 an elementary, middle, or high school?
School 8 is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does School 8 have?
School 8 employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at School 8?
Student demographics at School 8 are roughly 7% White, 88% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is School 8 in?
School 8 is part of Paterson Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.