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Young Men's Academy

Public Grades 3-8

Summary

Young Men's Academy is a public middle school located in Paterson, New Jersey, serving grades 3-8 with a total enrollment of 60 students. The school faces significant challenges in improving student outcomes, particularly in the areas of chronic absenteeism and academic performance.

Young Men's Academy has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.9% to 40.4% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. Academically, the school's proficiency rates on the NJSLA assessments are significantly below the state and Paterson Public School District averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts ranged from 10% to 30.8%, compared to the state average of 52.7% to 57%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 0% to 30%, compared to the state average of 38.8% to 46.7%.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as New Roberto Clemente, Joseph A. Taub School, and Washington Park School, generally perform better than Young Men's Academy on academic measures, despite serving similar student populations. This suggests that there may be opportunities for Young Men's Academy to learn from the practices and strategies of its higher-performing peers.

Students ?

7.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,107

Per pupil spending ?

90%

Free/discounted lunch ?

45 Smith Street
Paterson, NJ 07501

(973) 321-2380

District: Paterson Public School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:

62.0%

Hispanic:

36.0%

Asian:

2.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 1st percentile in 2021 → 11th in 2022

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2021

✓Small classes — about 7 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (17% vs 46% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (49% vs 14% New Jersey)

!Mathematics scores 31 pts below the New Jersey average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school17%

District avg20%

New Jersey avg46%

1,228^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 9%▲ up 6 pts since 2019

From bottom 3% (2019) to bottom 9% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	11.2	1228 of 1347	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.0	1254 of 1338	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.6	1017 of 1342	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.1	1133 of 1345	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.3	1185 of 1317	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	4.4	1316 of 1360	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2024	24.0	376 of 469	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	8.9	460 of 463	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.7	500 of 522	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.1	478 of 517	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	39.7	653 of 1023	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	14.0	743 of 839	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2021	13.8	1120 of 1297	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	1.8	1313 of 1334	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2022	13.8	663 of 745	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	6.3	646 of 652	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2021	14.0	400 of 467	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2021	8.7	612 of 635	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.9	641 of 675	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)36th percentile+27 vs school

African American (2024)20th percentile+14 vs school

Male (2021)14th percentile+4 vs school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2021)14th percentile+13 vs school

Male (2021)4th percentile+3 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts24%-30 vs state

Mathematics12%-31 vs state

Science10%-20 vs state

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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
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
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
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
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
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
Washington Park School	Public	4-8	10 Crews Street	Totowa	07512	Passaic County	Totowa Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 956-0010	485	40	12.2	32.4%	231 (47.6%)	24 (4.9%)	205 (42.3%)	25 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57.8	291^st of 752 public middle schools	61.3%		59	283^rd of 743 public middle schools	61.9%	8	24.4	18.1	44.0	69.8	56.2	72.3	68.2	36.0	41.9	38.2	35.3	20.2		95.0	95.0	$11,100	$295	$10,805
Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	15 Memorial Drive	Woodland Park	07424	Passaic County	Woodland Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 317-7750	374	38	9.9	47.9%	164 (43.9%)	12 (3.2%)	181 (48.4%)	9 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.6%)	45.3	399^th of 752 public middle schools	46.9%		43.2	395^th of 743 public middle schools	46.8%	4		11.3			51.2	57.8	54.8			27.5	32.7	25.9		100.0	100.0	$13,806	$614	$13,192
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
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

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