Joseph A. Taub School

Located at 202 UNION AVENUE, in PATERSON, New Jersey, Joseph A. Taub School is a high-enrollment 6-8 campus that works with 976 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Paterson Public School District. That puts it 69% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Joseph A. Taub School is one of 43 schools operated by Paterson Public School District, a district that hosts 21,372 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Joseph A. Taub School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 26% Asian, 11% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Passaic County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Joseph A. Taub School shows 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Joseph A. Taub School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.0%; this one delivers 21.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Passaic County) reports that median household earnings sit near $87,522, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Passaic County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), Joseph A. Taub School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: John F. Kennedy High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joseph A. Taub School. On composite proficiency, Joseph A. Taub School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 25.1%.

Joseph A. Taub School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Joseph A. Taub School's enrollment has edged up 37% since 2018, when it stood at 710 (now 976). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 54% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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