Sonia Sotomayor School #21

Set in Passaic, New Jersey, Sonia Sotomayor School #21 is a medium-sized elementary-level community, part of Passaic City School District. It works with 499 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 23% larger than the state mean of about 405.

Within Passaic City School District, which oversees 19 schools and 11,877 students, Sonia Sotomayor School #21 is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Sonia Sotomayor School #21 reports that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 100% 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sonia Sotomayor School #21 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 11.4%, the actual is 11.0%, a residual of -0.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Passaic County) logs 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. Across Passaic County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), Sonia Sotomayor School #21 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sonia Sotomayor School #21. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sonia Sotomayor School #21 at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.8%.

Sonia Sotomayor School #21 operates from a suburban location.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Sonia Sotomayor School #21 typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.