Enrollment
50
Middle
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341269003369
Young Men's Academy
45 Smith Street, Paterson, NJ 07501 · (973) 321-2380 · Passaic County
GRADES 03–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL50 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of New Jersey public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
7.1:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
45 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 2 | 4% |
| Grade 4 | 10 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 8 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 14 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 6 | 12% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Paterson Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
24.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
12.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.3% | 12.1% |
| 2023-24 | 21.4% | 7.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
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
15.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Young Men's Academy
Young Men's Academy's state test result (15.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Academy this school | 50 | 90.0% | 15.6% |
| Discovery Charter School NEWARK | 99 | 84.8% | 43.8% |
| Hillside Innovation Academy Hillside | 97 | 67.0% | 45.6% |
| Paulsboro Junior High School Paulsboro | 155 | 81.9% | 7.8% |
| Kindle Education Public Charter School Jersey City | 87 | 64.4% | 33.9% |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School ASBURY PARK | 195 | 77.4% | 6.0% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Young Men's Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 50 | #445 of 445 | #22 of 22 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
50
-23 (-32%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
7.1:1
was 9.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50 | 7 | 7.1:1 | 90% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 60 | 7 | 8.6:1 | 72% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 65 | 7 | 9.3:1 | 75% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 73 | 8 | 9.1:1 | 71% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 56 | 6 | 9.3:1 | 63% (35) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Young Men's Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (56 to 50); teachers up 17% (6 to 7).
About Young Men's Academy
Young Men's Academy is a small middle school that serves part of Paterson, New Jersey. A federal count lists 50 students at the school, in grades 3 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578, so this school runs 91% smaller than that.
A total of 43 schools make up Paterson Public School District, with 21,372 students enrolled.
A majority of students at Young Men's Academy, 62%, are Black. The next largest groups are 36% Hispanic and 2% Asian. The school's Black share is 52 points above the 10% share among Passaic County residents. Young Men's Academy has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 7.1:1 comes from the school's 7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 90% of students at Young Men's Academy as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 61% average for public schools in Passaic County is 29 points.
Young Men's Academy is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Young Men's Academy falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 15.6% actual against 16.9% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Passaic County show that median household income is about $87,522, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Young Men's Academy is one of 155 public schools in Passaic County, which together enroll about 83,237 students.
Newcomers High School is located about 0.1 miles from Young Men's Academy. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 15.6% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Young Men's Academy had 73 students in 2020-21 and 50 in 2024-25, a 32% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.1:1 in 2020-21 to 7.1:1 in 2024-25.
The Young Men's Academy community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Newcomers High School0.1 mi · 106
- Paterson P-TECH High School0.2 mi · 193
- Dale Avenue0.2 mi · 228
- Norman S. Weir0.2 mi · 272
- Brilla New Jersey Charter School0.2 mi · 362
- Alexander Hamilton Academy0.2 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Young Men's AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Young Men's Academy?
Young Men's Academy enrolls approximately 50 students in grades 03-08.
Is Young Men's Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Young Men's Academy is a middle school covering grades 03-08.
How many teachers does Young Men's Academy have?
Young Men's Academy employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Young Men's Academy?
Student demographics at Young Men's Academy are roughly 36% Hispanic, 62% Black, 2% Asian.
What district is Young Men's Academy in?
Young Men's Academy is part of Paterson Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.