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School 16

Public Grades PK, KG-8

1216^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 10% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

School 16 is an elementary school in the Paterson Public School District in Paterson, New Jersey, serving grades PK-8 with an enrollment of 840 students. The school is ranked 1216 out of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools and has a 0 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating significant challenges.

School 16's test scores are significantly lower than the Paterson Public School District and the state of New Jersey averages across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2024-2025, only 12.5% of 3rd graders at School 16 were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 22.3% for the district and 44.9% for the state. The school also has very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.4% to 41.6% over the past few years, much higher than the state average. Additionally, School 16 performs particularly poorly for certain student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and Special Education students.

While the overall performance of School 16 is very low, there are a few bright spots. For example, the school's ranking for Hispanic students and English Language Learners is slightly better than its overall ranking, suggesting that the school may be doing a better job serving these specific subgroups. However, the challenges facing School 16 appear to be systemic across the Paterson Public School District, with nearby schools like Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Educational Complex, School 8, and Charles J. Riley/School 9 also performing very poorly compared to the state.

813

Students ?

15.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$6,870

Per pupil spending ?

70.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

11 22nd Avenue
Paterson, NJ 07513

(973) 413-2700

District: Paterson Public School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

92.5%

African American:

5.4%

White:

1.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 9th percentile in 2019 → 10th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (29% vs 44% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 24 pts below the New Jersey average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school29%

District avg19%

New Jersey avg44%

Elementary school

1,216^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 10%▲ up 1 pts since 2019

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

552^nd of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 27%▲ up 13 pts since 2019

From bottom 13% (2019) to bottom 27% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 27Elementary 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	11.6	1216 of 1347	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.3	1265 of 1338	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.0	1249 of 1342	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.9	1282 of 1345	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.7	1240 of 1317	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.5	1236 of 1360	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	25.9	475 of 597	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.3	462 of 559	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.2	374 of 499	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.2	440 of 489	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.9	327 of 411	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.3	306 of 463	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	16.9	384 of 434	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	11.5	1184 of 1326	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	8.8	1210 of 1317	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.7	1160 of 1318	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.1	1206 of 1326	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.2	1191 of 1290	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.0	1190 of 1331	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	8.1	1231 of 1333	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	22.9	816 of 1032	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.4	866 of 989	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.5	835 of 982	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.8	839 of 953	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.7	803 of 896	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.2	700 of 899	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.3	767 of 870	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	23.2	879 of 1023	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.2	777 of 939	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.2	729 of 910	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.0	727 of 863	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.2	688 of 839	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.9	681 of 948	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.8	871 of 942	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	14.1	1150 of 1318	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.2	1200 of 1313	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.0	1202 of 1315	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.4	1268 of 1324	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.1	1193 of 1297	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.9	1186 of 1335	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	6.0	1267 of 1334	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	26.6	727 of 1023	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.5	897 of 1007	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.5	762 of 1001	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	25.8	552 of 752	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.1	609 of 743	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	642 of 748	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	670 of 745	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.0	587 of 652	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.2	647 of 745	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	32.6	228 of 343	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.2	267 of 320	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.2	212 of 288	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	239 of 270	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.5	146 of 197	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.6	193 of 227	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.9	153 of 202	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	29.3	500 of 728	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	21.6	569 of 717	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.4	638 of 720	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	651 of 726	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.3	568 of 625	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.7	598 of 703	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	555 of 680	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	38.0	364 of 608	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.4	438 of 589	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.5	474 of 587	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.5	511 of 591	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.1	406 of 480	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.6	465 of 524	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.7	389 of 504	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	43.5	333 of 613	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.8	396 of 584	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.0	403 of 568	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.0	434 of 549	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.7	359 of 467	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.0	436 of 541	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.5	316 of 522	39.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	25.3	537 of 726	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.4	608 of 719	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.1	574 of 718	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	633 of 730	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.0	551 of 635	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.2	614 of 697	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.8	596 of 675	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2019	26.6	379 of 492	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆

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

Special Education (2025)29th percentile+19 vs school

Hispanic (2025)21st percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)20th percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)14th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)13th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)11th percentile~ school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)46th percentile+19 vs school

Hispanic (2025)40th percentile+14 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)34th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)31st percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)26th percentile~ school

Special Education (2019)23rd percentile+10 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Science59%+34 vs state

English Language Arts30%-24 vs state

Mathematics17%-24 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 (2025)	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 3rd 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 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th 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
School 16	Public	PK, KG-8	11 22nd Avenue	Paterson	07513	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 413-2700	813	54	15.0	70.6%	13 (1.6%)	44 (5.4%)	752 (92.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	11.6	1216^th of 1347 public elementary schools	9.7%		8.3	1265^th of 1338 public elementary schools	5.5%	49	5.3	1.2	12.5	24.2	16.5	38.8	38.8	50.1	13.2	25.3	11.5	19.8	19.8	15.5			$6,870		$6,870
Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson	Public, Charter	K-8	124 Madison Avenue	Paterson	07524	Passaic County	Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 247-8920	683	51	13.3	78.3%	11 (1.6%)	131 (19.2%)	532 (77.9%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	33.3	904^th of 1347 public elementary schools	32.9%		21.6	1053^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	21.3%	149	10.5	5.5	39.4	34.2	51.3	63.0	57.4	56.9	45.8	20.2	26.3	32.9	20.0	25.8			$9,781	$791	$8,990
Maria Magda O'Keefe School	Public	PK, KG-8	50 Nineteenth Avenue	Paterson	07513	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0160	668	54	12.3	85.0%	5 (0.7%)	38 (5.7%)	623 (93.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8.7	1274^th of 1347 public elementary schools	5.4%		9.6	1243^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	7.1%	31	4.9	1.3	16.9	17.3	20.0	30.3	33.8	39.2	16.9	10.5	20.7	4.2	22.6	6.4			$7,719		$7,719
School 15	Public	PK, KG-5	98 Oak Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0150	577	50	11.6	75.0%	5 (0.9%)	56 (9.7%)	505 (87.5%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11	1235^th of 1347 public elementary schools	8.3%		7	1284^th of 1338 public elementary schools	4.0%	49	6.4		16.3	15.7	13.2				30.0	23.3	20.9						$12,108		$12,108
Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Educational Complex	Public	PK, KG-8	851 E 28th Street	Paterson	07513	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0300	513	49	10.5	66.1%	6 (1.2%)	130 (25.3%)	365 (71.2%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7	1292^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	4.1%		5.9	1302^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	2.7%	10	8.3	0.0	19.4	25.7	11.1	17.8	21.3	34.9	6.3	5.3	2.8	10.2	4.0	7.4			$12,303		$12,303
School 8	Public	K-5	35 Chadwick Street	Paterson	07503	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0080	411	35	11.7	78.3%	27 (6.6%)	21 (5.1%)	362 (88.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6.8	1296^th of 1347 public elementary schools	3.8%		5.1	1315^th of 1338 public elementary schools	1.7%	19	4.7	2.0	4.7	20.4	24.1	20.0	15.9	43.4	13.0	5.4	12.3	7.3	4.1	11.8			$9,233		$9,233
Charles J. Riley/ School 9	Public	PK, KG-5	6 Timothy Street	Paterson	07503	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0090	682	59	11.5	64.4%	342 (50.1%)	20 (2.9%)	270 (39.6%)	45 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	30.6	945^th of 1347 public elementary schools	29.8%		29.7	947^th of 1338 public elementary schools	29.2%	2	15.3	10.4	34.6	40.0	47.3	48.6	55.4	72.6	42.5	35.2	24.3	25.6	29.7	19.7	90.5	90.5	$10,479		$10,479
Roberto Clemente	Public	K-5	434 Rosa Parks Blvd	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0340	254	21	12.3	85.0%	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.5%)	235 (92.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12.5	1208^th of 1347 public elementary schools	10.3%		14.2	1159^th of 1338 public elementary schools	13.4%	49	2.5		14.3	33.3	24.3				19.2	32.5	17.5						$7,990		$7,990
School 25	Public	PK, KG-8	287 Trenton Avenue	Paterson	07503	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0250	526	43	12.3	88.2%	94 (17.9%)	34 (6.5%)	389 (74.0%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12.1	1211^th of 1347 public elementary schools	10.1%		11.8	1211^th of 1338 public elementary schools	9.5%		13.5	7.1	35.5	23.2	17.7	30.0	27.2	36.4	14.9	13.8	13.5	9.7	15.8	10.8	50.0	50.0	$8,314		$8,314
School 20	Public	K-8	500 East 37th Street	Paterson	07504	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0200	343	37	9.2	61.8%	0 (0.0%)	101 (29.4%)	237 (69.1%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4.5	1329^th of 1347 public elementary schools	1.3%		4.2	1326^th of 1338 public elementary schools	0.9%	3	10.0	0.0	9.1	5.3	7.5	12.2	21.6	19.5	0.0	5.3	2.4	2.3	5.0	9.1	18.8	18.8	$10,935		$10,935

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