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Senator Frank Lautenberg School

Public Grades K-8
1321st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,331 New Jersey Elementary Schools
Better than 1% of New Jersey elementary schools
Summary

Senator Frank Lautenberg School is a K–8 school with 605 students in Paterson, served by the Paterson Public School District. The clearest concern is low proficiency across every tested subject: in 2025–2026, the school averaged 10% in ELA, 4% in math and 2% in science, with no subject close to the state averages.

Results are below district and state levels in all three subjects: ELA averages were 10% at the school, 24% in the district and 51% statewide; math was 4%, 16% and 40%; science was 2%, 7% and 23%. Science is comparatively closest to district and state results, while ELA has the widest state gap. Within the school, grade 8 was strongest in ELA at 16%, but remained below the district’s 29% and state’s 53%; grade 5 math was weakest at 1%, lower than every nearby school with a reported score for that grade. The school’s SchoolDigger standing is also tied at the local low: its 1st-percentile rating matches School 21 and Edward W. Kilpatrick. Nearby grade comparisons include only schools reporting that grade.

ELA has improved on average since 2022–2023, rising from 7% to 10%, and its gap with the state narrowed from 44 to 41 percentage points. Math rose from 2% to 4% over that period, but its state gap widened slightly, and its latest average was below the previous year’s. Chronic absenteeism fell from 61% in 2022–2023 to 36% in 2024–2025, a 25-point decline, but remained above the district’s 34% and state’s 14%. SchoolDigger rates the school at 0 stars and the 1st percentile statewide for 2025–2026. Its 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 16.8, the highest among nearby schools with data, compared with their 12.4 average. The school’s free/reduced lunch eligible share was 70% in 2024–2025, close to the nearby-school average of 71%; this is context, not an explanation for results.

605
Students ?
16.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,658
Per pupil spending ?
70.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 137 Carroll Street
       Paterson, NJ  07501

(973) 321-0060

District: Paterson Public School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
63.5%
African American:
34.4%
White:
1.3%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — <1st percentile in 2016 → 1st in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (17% vs 43% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (36% vs 14% New Jersey)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school17%
District avg18%
New Jersey avg43%
Elementary school
1,321st of 1,331
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▬ steady since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
734th of 743
New Jersey public middle schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 2 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
25th of 27Elementary Schools in the Paterson Public School District
573rd of 607Paterson 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20264.11321 of 13310.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.11332 of 13471.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.61332 of 13380.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.41339 of 13420.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.31334 of 13450.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.11289 of 13172.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.21342 of 13601.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.11320 of 13532.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20173.41325 of 13522.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20162.51340 of 13460.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20153.61343 of 13571.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20143.81302 of 13634.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20130.81358 of 13670.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20121.21345 of 13631.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20110.51354 of 13600.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20100.51352 of 13540.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20091.51321 of 13461.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20081.91309 of 13382.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20071.91301 of 13292.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20060.81290 of 13141.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20050.51293 of 13030.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20040.11296 of 12980.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20030.31199 of 12040.4%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20268.2431 of 4340.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.4414 of 46310.6%★☆☆☆☆
20247.9466 of 4690.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.4461 of 4630.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.2483 of 4942.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.5422 of 4567.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.5492 of 5225.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.3440 of 51714.9%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202612.1574 of 5811.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202513.1568 of 5974.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.2534 of 5594.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.4479 of 4994.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.0474 of 4893.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202140.6201 of 41151.1%★★★☆☆
201923.0367 of 46320.7%★☆☆☆☆
201822.5347 of 43420.0%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20265.61291 of 13111.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.61286 of 13263.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.71282 of 13172.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.81284 of 13182.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.91286 of 13263.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.61258 of 12902.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.81301 of 13312.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.91288 of 13333.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20269.3968 of 9912.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.7958 of 10327.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.3929 of 9896.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.1925 of 9825.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.5888 of 9536.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.6830 of 8967.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.3814 of 8999.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.1773 of 87011.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20266.9992 of 10021.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.31002 of 10232.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.6839 of 93910.6%★☆☆☆☆
20236.4812 of 91010.8%★☆☆☆☆
202210.5768 of 86311.0%★☆☆☆☆
20198.3829 of 94812.6%★☆☆☆☆
20189.3918 of 9422.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20264.11296 of 13060.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.81276 of 13183.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.51277 of 13132.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.21283 of 13152.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.71294 of 13242.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.11256 of 12973.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.81269 of 13354.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.31264 of 13345.2%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20266.5734 of 7431.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.7727 of 7523.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.6723 of 7432.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.8722 of 7483.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.5723 of 7453.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.6629 of 6523.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.4701 of 7455.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.6686 of 7164.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20173.5710 of 7120.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20166.0693 of 7132.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20159.5662 of 7137.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20141.4701 of 7172.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20130.9697 of 7041.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20120.8674 of 6770.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20111.7671 of 6841.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20101.8664 of 6771.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20091.4652 of 6641.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20081.6632 of 6401.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20071.1622 of 6311.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20060.4614 of 6150.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20050.5596 of 5990.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20041.1578 of 5881.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20032.4549 of 5744.4%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202611.9327 of 3311.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202513.9326 of 3599.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.7322 of 3528.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.8361 of 3610.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.4322 of 3569.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202121.0265 of 2918.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201923.9271 of 32616.9%★☆☆☆☆
201819.1266 of 32618.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202610.7336 of 3360.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202525.4279 of 34318.7%★☆☆☆☆
202417.2313 of 3202.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202333.6195 of 28832.3%★★☆☆☆
202217.5261 of 2703.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202148.362 of 19768.5%★★★☆☆
201832.8133 of 20234.2%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20267.1709 of 7161.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.7698 of 7284.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.1700 of 7172.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.7704 of 7202.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.3699 of 7263.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.4606 of 6253.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.4640 of 7039.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.0655 of 6803.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20269.7578 of 5891.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.6559 of 6088.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.7551 of 5896.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.5538 of 5878.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.1551 of 5916.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202119.3440 of 4808.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.3495 of 5245.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.0457 of 5049.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20269.2586 of 5900.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.8565 of 6137.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.7510 of 58412.7%★☆☆☆☆
202311.0503 of 56811.4%★☆☆☆☆
202214.0481 of 54912.4%★☆☆☆☆
202115.4395 of 46715.4%★☆☆☆☆
201910.9476 of 54112.0%★☆☆☆☆
201813.9449 of 52214.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20267.4701 of 7141.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.6697 of 7264.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.2671 of 7196.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.5690 of 7183.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.8705 of 7303.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.7573 of 6359.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.2672 of 6973.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.0632 of 6756.4%☆☆☆☆☆
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
Hispanic (2026)2nd percentile~ school
Female (2026)2nd percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2026)1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile~ school
Male (2026)1st percentile~ school
African American (2026)1st percentile~ school
Middle school
Hispanic (2026)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2026)2nd percentile~ school
African American (2026)1st percentile~ school
Female (2026)1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2026)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs New Jersey (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics29%-12 vs state
English Language Arts10%-41 vs state
Science2%-21 vs state

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Students at Senator Frank Lautenberg School are 63% Hispanic, 34% African American, 1% White.

Senator Frank Lautenberg School ranks in the bottom 0.8% of New Jersey elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 605 students attended Senator Frank Lautenberg School.

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