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Charles J. Riley/ School 9

Public Grades PK, KG-5
999th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,331 New Jersey Elementary Schools
Better than 25% of New Jersey elementary schools
Summary

Charles J. Riley/ School 9 is a 682-student elementary school serving PK–5 in Paterson, New Jersey, and is part of the Paterson Public School District. On 2025–2026 tests, its grades 3–5 averages were above the district’s in English language arts (ELA), math and science, but below the state’s in all three. Its clearest standout is ELA: Riley had the highest grades 3–5 average among the 10 nearby schools.

Riley’s ELA average was 36%, compared with 23% at nearby schools, 22% in the district and 49% statewide. Its math average was 32%—above the nearby average of 22% and district’s 19%, but below the state’s 47%. Fifth-grade science was 14%, versus 10% nearby and in the district, and 27% statewide. Grade-level results vary: Riley’s grade 3 ELA score of 41% was 13 points above the next-highest nearby score, at School 25, while grade 4 is a relative soft spot, with 28% in ELA and 26% in math.

Results have improved overall since 2022–2023, though not every year: ELA and math averages gained 7 and 12 points, respectively, and fifth-grade science gained 5 points. SchoolDigger ranks Riley 999th of 1,331 statewide, at the 25th percentile and 1 star; its percentile fell from 30 the prior year, but remains above nearby Paterson district schools, which rank from the 4th to 9th percentiles. The 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 11.5:1, and 64% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, compared with a 76% average among nearby schools. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 subgroup rankings were notably higher for Low Socio Economic Status Students (58th percentile) and Special Education Students (49th) than for the school overall (25th); subgroup enrollment counts were not provided, so these rankings do not explain schoolwide results.

682
Students ?
11.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$25,549
Per pupil spending ?
64.4%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 6 Timothy Street
       Paterson, NJ  07503

(973) 321-0090

District: Paterson Public School District

Racial breakdown:

White:
50.1%
Hispanic:
39.6%
Asian:
6.6%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 18th percentile in 2016 → 25th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2016
✓Among the top-ranked schools in Paterson Public School District
✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (30% vs 45% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (25th percentile)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school30%
District avg19%
New Jersey avg45%
999th of 1,331
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 25%▲ up 7 pts since 2016
From bottom 18% (2016) to bottom 25% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of New Jersey Elementary Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
5th 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
202625.4999 of 133124.9%★☆☆☆☆
202530.6945 of 134729.8%★★☆☆☆
202429.7947 of 133829.2%★☆☆☆☆
202321.61064 of 134220.7%★☆☆☆☆
202229.3946 of 134529.7%★☆☆☆☆
202117.61066 of 131719.1%★☆☆☆☆
201926.61032 of 136024.1%★☆☆☆☆
201822.01099 of 135318.8%★☆☆☆☆
201721.11093 of 135219.2%★☆☆☆☆
201620.91105 of 134617.9%★☆☆☆☆
201519.11127 of 135716.9%★☆☆☆☆
201433.31014 of 136325.6%★☆☆☆☆
201334.91004 of 136726.6%★☆☆☆☆
201232.31032 of 136324.3%★☆☆☆☆
201136.9997 of 136026.7%★☆☆☆☆
201040.4955 of 135429.5%★☆☆☆☆
200930.61057 of 134621.5%★☆☆☆☆
200829.71070 of 133820.0%★☆☆☆☆
200738.41001 of 132924.7%★☆☆☆☆
200632.71028 of 131421.8%★☆☆☆☆
200548.5837 of 130335.8%★★☆☆☆
200454.0757 of 129841.7%★★☆☆☆
200331.3904 of 120424.9%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20264.3332 of 3412.6%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202631.5404 of 58130.5%★★☆☆☆
202524.1493 of 59717.4%★☆☆☆☆
202431.2385 of 55931.1%★★☆☆☆
202339.1267 of 49946.5%★★☆☆☆
202247.6198 of 48959.5%★★★☆☆
202126.9321 of 41121.9%★☆☆☆☆
201942.1245 of 46347.1%★★☆☆☆
201836.5269 of 43438.0%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202626.0984 of 131124.9%★☆☆☆☆
202531.9899 of 132632.2%★★☆☆☆
202430.2906 of 131731.2%★★☆☆☆
202323.9993 of 131824.7%★☆☆☆☆
202232.1883 of 132633.4%★★☆☆☆
202121.41010 of 129021.7%★☆☆☆☆
201924.41044 of 133121.6%★☆☆☆☆
201822.01073 of 133319.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202642.5560 of 99143.5%★★☆☆☆
202553.2421 of 103259.2%★★★☆☆
202439.4586 of 98940.7%★★☆☆☆
202325.9741 of 98224.5%★☆☆☆☆
202233.3619 of 95335.0%★★☆☆☆
202127.8703 of 89621.5%★☆☆☆☆
201945.0477 of 89946.9%★★☆☆☆
201843.7479 of 87044.9%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202654.1420 of 100258.1%★★★☆☆
202558.2361 of 102364.7%★★★☆☆
202462.4264 of 93971.9%★★★★☆
202341.2508 of 91044.2%★★☆☆☆
202261.0262 of 86369.6%★★★☆☆
202152.0326 of 83961.1%★★★☆☆
201953.4372 of 94860.8%★★★☆☆
201846.9515 of 94245.3%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202626.6957 of 130626.7%★☆☆☆☆
202531.3891 of 131832.4%★★☆☆☆
202430.3908 of 131330.8%★★☆☆☆
202321.01032 of 131521.5%★☆☆☆☆
202228.1934 of 132429.5%★☆☆☆☆
202117.11059 of 129718.4%★☆☆☆☆
201930.9944 of 133529.3%★☆☆☆☆
201823.51050 of 133421.3%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202642.1493 of 97049.2%★★☆☆☆
202525.4745 of 102327.2%★☆☆☆☆
202410.1957 of 9893.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202326.9658 of 95831.3%★★☆☆☆
202234.7558 of 94941.2%★★☆☆☆
202123.3670 of 86822.8%★☆☆☆☆
201928.5691 of 100731.4%★★☆☆☆
201833.7604 of 100139.7%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20269.6895 of 9515.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.7896 of 9707.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.2832 of 96313.6%★☆☆☆☆
202312.7883 of 9759.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.2827 of 97615.3%★☆☆☆☆
20219.7927 of 9643.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.2942 of 10237.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.7981 of 10224.0%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202545.4398 of 75247.1%★★☆☆☆
202438.5431 of 74342.0%★★☆☆☆
202335.4464 of 74838.0%★★☆☆☆
202228.7517 of 74530.6%★★☆☆☆
202121.7491 of 65224.7%★☆☆☆☆
201954.5337 of 74554.8%★★★☆☆
201850.5357 of 71650.1%★★★☆☆
201747.8368 of 71248.3%★★☆☆☆
201640.7443 of 71337.9%★★☆☆☆
201534.8473 of 71333.7%★★☆☆☆
201449.2417 of 71741.8%★★☆☆☆
201348.1431 of 70438.8%★★☆☆☆
201239.1482 of 67728.8%★☆☆☆☆
201133.9513 of 68425.0%★☆☆☆☆
201036.7486 of 67728.2%★☆☆☆☆
200939.1482 of 66427.4%★☆☆☆☆
200844.6434 of 64032.2%★★☆☆☆
200749.5417 of 63133.9%★★☆☆☆
200632.2471 of 61523.4%★☆☆☆☆
200534.3446 of 59925.5%★☆☆☆☆
200443.6401 of 58831.8%★★☆☆☆
200346.9386 of 57432.8%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202531.9234 of 34331.8%★★☆☆☆
202428.7255 of 32020.3%★☆☆☆☆
202337.3172 of 28840.3%★★☆☆☆
202233.4181 of 27033.0%★★☆☆☆
202137.9116 of 19741.1%★★☆☆☆
201962.753 of 22776.7%★★★★☆
201858.353 of 20273.8%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202544.1390 of 72846.4%★★☆☆☆
202438.1429 of 71740.2%★★☆☆☆
202339.5403 of 72044.0%★★☆☆☆
202229.6502 of 72630.9%★★☆☆☆
202126.8442 of 62529.3%★☆☆☆☆
201946.3400 of 70343.1%★★☆☆☆
201849.3375 of 68044.9%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202552.1258 of 60857.6%★★★☆☆
202442.1327 of 58944.5%★★☆☆☆
202341.6320 of 58745.5%★★☆☆☆
202226.2467 of 59121.0%★☆☆☆☆
202134.1319 of 48033.5%★★☆☆☆
201972.597 of 52481.5%★★★★☆
201871.0105 of 50479.2%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202573.888 of 61385.6%★★★★☆
202463.6135 of 58476.9%★★★★☆
202360.2141 of 56875.2%★★★★☆
202242.6283 of 54948.5%★★☆☆☆
201973.482 of 54184.8%★★★★☆
201876.170 of 52286.6%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202545.2370 of 72649.0%★★☆☆☆
202439.9402 of 71944.1%★★☆☆☆
202333.8462 of 71835.7%★★☆☆☆
202229.9499 of 73031.6%★★☆☆☆
202119.1495 of 63522.0%★☆☆☆☆
201960.5265 of 69762.0%★★★☆☆
201849.7340 of 67549.6%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
201941.3261 of 49247.0%★★☆☆☆
201838.1272 of 47142.3%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202532.9357 of 50228.9%★☆☆☆☆
202431.0370 of 51027.5%★☆☆☆☆
202325.2411 of 50919.3%★☆☆☆☆
202218.0450 of 51212.1%★☆☆☆☆
20218.4431 of 4350.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201945.2288 of 50442.9%★★☆☆☆
201832.5367 of 49726.2%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Elementary school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)58th percentile+33 vs school
Special Education (2026)49th percentile+24 vs school
Hispanic (2026)43rd percentile+19 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)30th percentile+6 vs school
Male (2026)27th percentile~ school
Female (2026)25th percentile~ school
White (2026)6th percentile-19 vs school
Asian (2026)3rd percentile-22 vs school
Middle school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)86th percentile+39 vs school
Hispanic (2025)58th percentile+10 vs school
Male (2025)49th percentile~ school
Special Education (2019)47th percentile-8 vs school
Female (2025)46th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)32nd percentile-15 vs school
White (2025)29th percentile-18 vs school
By subject vs New Jersey (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts36%-13 vs state
Mathematics31%-16 vs state
Science14%-14 vs state

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Charles J. Riley/ School 9 ranks in the bottom 24.9% of New Jersey elementary schools.

Students at Charles J. Riley/ School 9 are 50% White, 40% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 3% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 682 students attended Charles J. Riley/ School 9.

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