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Paterson Public School District


At a glance
573rdof 607 New Jersey districts▼ 12
Better than 5% of New Jersey districts
90 Delaware Avenue
Paterson, NJ 07503
·(973) 321-1000·All New Jersey district rankings →
Statewide performance 2018–2026
2026: better than 5.6% of districts
42
Schools
20,630
Students
1
5-star school
Top rankedSchool 282nd of 1,331 New Jersey elementary schools
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Biggest riser
School 27 up 150 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
School 20 9.2 students per teacher
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Newly ranked this year
Dr. Hani Awadallah
SchoolDigger ratings
2★
1★
0★
6 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

The Paterson Public School District includes 40 schools—28 elementary, 3 middle, and 9 high schools—serving students across elementary through high school; enrollment ranges from 50 to 2,073. Results vary widely among schools: in 2025–2026, the average grade-3 proficiency was about 20% in English Language Arts (ELA) and 21% in Mathematics, compared with 48% and 49% statewide. The biggest takeaway is the striking gap between schools, with a few exceptional results alongside very low proficiency.

School 28 is the clearest standout: its grade-3 proficiency was 100% in ELA and 96% in Mathematics, about 83 and 78 percentage points above the other 26 schools’ averages. It also scored above the state by 52 points in ELA and 47 points in Mathematics. SchoolDigger ranked it 2nd of 1,331 New Jersey schools and gave it five stars. At the low end, School 12 had 3% grade-3 ELA proficiency, while School 20 had 0% in Mathematics. Among high schools, International High School led in both subjects, at 82% ELA and 62% Mathematics—6 and 2 points above state results. Eastside High School was lowest among reporting high schools, at 27% ELA and 24% Mathematics.

Recent grade-3 averages moved farther below state results: ELA fell from 25% in 2024–2025 to 20% in 2025–2026 as the state rose from 45% to 48%; Mathematics fell from 24% to 21% while the state moved from 50% to 49%. The gaps widened by 8 points in ELA and 3 in Mathematics. High-school Mathematics showed a different pattern: the average rose from 29% to 42%, narrowing the state gap from 29 points to 19. SchoolDigger’s percentile rank for International High School also improved, from the 14th to the 39th percentile. Context measures do not neatly track results: School 28 had 73% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and its student-teacher ratio was 12.0; these figures describe the school, not the cause of its results.

Ranking:
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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