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New Roberto Clemente

Public Grades 6-8

742^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 752 New Jersey Middle Schools

Better than 1% of New Jersey middle schools

Summary

New Roberto Clemente is a middle school located in Paterson, New Jersey, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 545. The school is part of the Paterson Public School District, which is ranked 561 out of 609 districts in New Jersey and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

New Roberto Clemente consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of New Jersey middle schools, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in NJSLA English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly lower than the Paterson Public School District and the state of New Jersey averages. For example, in 2024-2025, only 15.8% of 6th graders, 8.3% of 7th graders, and 10.8% of 8th graders were proficient or better in NJSLA ELA, compared to the district's 28.4%, 29.6%, and 33.6%, respectively. The school's performance in NJSLA Mathematics is even more concerning, with only 8.2% of 6th graders, 1.9% of 7th graders, and 2.1% of 8th graders proficient or better, compared to the district's 12.6%, 13.5%, and 8%, respectively.

New Roberto Clemente has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 14.9% to 41.6% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. The school also has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 60.55% to 68.28% over the past few years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. In contrast, nearby schools such as Garfield Middle School, Lincoln Middle School, and Memorial Middle School, which are outside the Paterson district, generally outperform New Roberto Clemente and the Paterson district as a whole.

473

Students ?

10.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,069

Per pupil spending ?

63%

Free/discounted lunch ?

482-506 Market Street
Paterson, NJ 07501

(973) 321-0240

District: Paterson Public School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

87.3%

African American:

11.4%

White:

0.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 9th percentile in 2015 → 1st in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (7% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (39% vs 15% New Jersey)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school7%

District avg19%

New Jersey avg43%

742^nd of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 1% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2Middle Schools in the Paterson Public School District

561^st of 609Paterson Public School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	7.5	742 of 752	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.4	725 of 743	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.2	738 of 748	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.0	687 of 745	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.9	604 of 652	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.2	680 of 745	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.4	663 of 716	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.2	665 of 712	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	9.5	653 of 713	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	10.6	650 of 713	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	5.9	656 of 717	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	7.5	636 of 704	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	22.2	558 of 677	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	12.3	601 of 684	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	11.9	595 of 677	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	10.2	334 of 359	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.2	325 of 352	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.6	356 of 361	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.7	338 of 356	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.1	278 of 291	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.7	304 of 326	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.5	274 of 326	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	18.2	330 of 343	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.4	287 of 320	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.9	272 of 288	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	26.6	219 of 270	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.0	137 of 197	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.7	180 of 227	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.3	168 of 202	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	8.6	700 of 728	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.8	696 of 717	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.5	707 of 720	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.9	672 of 726	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.9	573 of 625	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.0	633 of 703	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.2	609 of 680	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	10.4	586 of 608	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.8	561 of 589	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.3	570 of 587	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.9	526 of 591	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.3	448 of 480	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.5	457 of 524	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.1	449 of 504	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	11.2	600 of 613	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.4	517 of 584	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.8	507 of 568	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.4	437 of 549	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.1	376 of 467	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.6	427 of 541	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.4	422 of 522	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	7.6	719 of 726	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.2	689 of 719	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.0	702 of 718	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.3	658 of 730	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.4	579 of 635	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.6	639 of 697	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.1	631 of 675	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	16.6	490 of 507	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.7	459 of 510	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.2	469 of 505	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.5	474 of 535	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.1	399 of 401	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.3	465 of 492	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.5	437 of 471	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2025)7th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)4th percentile+3 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)4th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)4th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I36%-9 vs state

English Language Arts11%-45 vs state

Mathematics4%-31 vs state

Science0%-19 vs state

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Schools Near New Roberto Clemente

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)					NJSLA Mathematics (2025)					NJSLA Algebra I (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
New Roberto Clemente	Public	6-8	482-506 Market Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0240	473	45	10.5	63.0%	3 (0.6%)	54 (11.4%)	413 (87.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7.5	742^nd of 752 public middle schools	1.3%		8.4	725^th of 743 public middle schools	2.4%	17		0.0			15.8	8.3	10.8			8.2	1.9	2.1		36.4	36.4	$13,069		$13,069
Young Men's Academy	Public	3-8	45 Smith Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-2380	50	7	7.1	90.0%	0 (0.0%)	31 (62.0%)	18 (36.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	10.0		30.0	10.0		30.8		30.0	0.0		7.7					$21,107		$21,107
Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	375 River Drive	Elmwood Park	07407	Bergen County	Elmwood Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 796-8700	569	46	12.4	53.3%	168 (29.5%)	76 (13.4%)	272 (47.8%)	42 (7.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.4%)	30.8	506^th of 752 public middle schools	32.7%		30.6	503^rd of 743 public middle schools	32.3%	3		5.6			54.7	46.9	48.6			20.8	25.0	5.3		53.8	53.8	$6,790	$1,062	$5,728
Memorial Middle School	Public	5-8	12 - 00 First Street	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 794-5470	655	69	9.5	25.6%	323 (49.3%)	23 (3.5%)	176 (26.9%)	110 (16.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (2.7%)	82.9	100^th of 752 public middle schools	86.7%		79.9	124^th of 743 public middle schools	83.3%	24	34.4	25.2		67.6	81.4	72.0	76.8		55.9	66.9	57.6	48.2	100.0		97.0	$9,028	$110	$8,918
Joseph A. Taub School	Public	6-8	202 Union Avenue	Paterson	07502	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0700	976	57	17.2	67.9%	36 (3.7%)	104 (10.7%)	579 (59.3%)	255 (26.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	17.6	629^th of 752 public middle schools	16.4%		17.7	624^th of 743 public middle schools	16.0%	5		3.2			33.4	35.8	31.9			13.7	18.2	5.0		60.0	60.0	$7,202		$7,202
Prospect Park Middle School	Public	7-8	13 Wagaraw Bvd	Prospect Park	07508	Passaic County	Prospect Park Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(973) 790-7909	143	15	9.5	51.7%	9 (6.3%)	13 (9.1%)	109 (76.2%)	10 (7.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	17.8	628^th of 752 public middle schools	16.5%					(n/a)		4.7				27.8	26.6				19.7	12.2		53.3	53.3
Christopher Columbus Middle School	Public	6-8	350 Piaget Avenue	Clifton	07011	Passaic County	Clifton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-2360	1,092	120	9.1	74.1%	204 (18.7%)	35 (3.2%)	771 (70.6%)	50 (4.6%)	13 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	16 (1.5%)	28.5	528^th of 752 public middle schools	29.8%		29.9	510^th of 743 public middle schools	31.4%	18		8.1			36.3	37.2	42.8			23.8	28.9	13.7		100.0	100.0	$12,843	$593	$12,250
Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton	Public, Charter	5-8	1255 Main Avenue	Clifton	07011	Passaic County	Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 278-7707	185	10	18.5	54.1%	58 (31.4%)	5 (2.7%)	93 (50.3%)	26 (14.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	52.6	328^th of 752 public middle schools	56.4%		59.4	281^st of 743 public middle schools	62.2%	47	18.8	12.0		25.0	51.8	51.8	63.8		18.8	39.3	48.1	27.8		72.7	72.7	$9,165	$577	$8,588
Garfield Middle School	Public	6-8	175 Lanza Ave	Garfield	07026	Bergen County	Garfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 272-7020	971	87	11.1	66.6%	321 (33.1%)	88 (9.1%)	547 (56.3%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (0.9%)	31.4	499^th of 752 public middle schools	33.6%		35.5	460^th of 743 public middle schools	38.1%	39		9.7			47.0	45.3	42.4			23.3	26.2	13.5		84.8	84.8	$10,909	$146	$10,763
Lincoln Middle School	Public	6-8	230 Hawthorne Avenue	Hawthorne	07506	Passaic County	Hawthorne Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 423-6460	522	51	10.1	39.7%	215 (41.2%)	20 (3.8%)	258 (49.4%)	12 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.9%)	58.7	288^th of 752 public middle schools	61.7%		48.6	358^th of 743 public middle schools	51.8%	70		10.5			75.3	75.4	66.6			35.3	41.5	16.3		90.5	90.5	$12,975	$325	$12,650

Frequently Asked Questions about New Roberto Clemente

Is New Roberto Clemente a good school?

New Roberto Clemente ranks in the bottom 1.3% of New Jersey middle schools.

What district is New Roberto Clemente in?

Paterson Public School District

What is the racial makeup of New Roberto Clemente?

Students at New Roberto Clemente are 87% Hispanic, 11% African American.

How many students attend New Roberto Clemente?

In the 2024-25 school year, 473 students attended New Roberto Clemente.

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