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School 26

Public Grades PK, KG-8

1330^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 1% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

School 26 is an elementary school located in Paterson, New Jersey, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 479 students. It is part of the Paterson Public School District, which is ranked 561 out of 609 school districts in New Jersey and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

School 26 consistently ranks among the lowest-performing elementary schools in New Jersey, with proficiency rates well below the state and district averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 8.7% of 3rd graders were proficient in ELA, compared to 44.9% statewide and 22.3% in the Paterson district. In Mathematics, the proficiency rates were even lower, with only 17.4% of 3rd graders and 1.8% of 5th graders meeting the standards. The school has also struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.9% to 41.6% in recent years, significantly higher than the state and district averages.

The data shows that School 26 is not an outlier within the Paterson Public School District, as many of the nearby schools, such as School 21, School 13, and Senator Frank Lautenberg School, also struggle with low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism. However, the one exception is School 1, which is located within the same district but has significantly higher academic performance, suggesting that there may be factors within the Paterson Public School District that contribute to the overall low performance of most schools. In contrast, Lyncrest Elementary School, which is located in the higher-performing Fair Lawn Public School District, has significantly higher proficiency rates in ELA and Mathematics compared to School 26 and the Paterson district.

419

Students ?

13.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,427

Per pupil spending ?

58%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1 East 32nd Street
Paterson, NJ 07514

(973) 321-0260

District: Paterson Public School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

69.9%

African American:

27.7%

White:

1.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 11th percentile in 2015 → 1st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (9% vs 44% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (28% vs 15% New Jersey)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school9%

District avg19%

New Jersey avg44%

Elementary school

1,330^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 11% (2015) to bottom 1% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

699^th of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 12 pts since 2015

From bottom 19% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

26^th of 29Elementary 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	4.4	1330 of 1347	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.2	1327 of 1338	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.3	1299 of 1342	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.7	1245 of 1345	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.7	1015 of 1317	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	6.4	1290 of 1360	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.5	1240 of 1353	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.1	1260 of 1352	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	13.8	1177 of 1346	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	12.5	1211 of 1357	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	11.0	1222 of 1363	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	5.7	1286 of 1367	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	4.2	1304 of 1363	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	4.1	1304 of 1360	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	5.1	1279 of 1354	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	3.5	1301 of 1346	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	6.9	1256 of 1338	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	5.9	1254 of 1329	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	8.4	1201 of 1314	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	3.6	1246 of 1303	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	1.1	1274 of 1298	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2003	4.6	1118 of 1204	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	8.9	425 of 463	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.1	458 of 469	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.3	446 of 463	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	29.0	371 of 494	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	49.7	200 of 456	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	22.5	448 of 522	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.1	386 of 517	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	14.2	562 of 597	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.1	536 of 559	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.4	445 of 499	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.8	422 of 489	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	51.0	132 of 411	67.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	22.2	371 of 463	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.2	264 of 434	39.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	4.5	1287 of 1326	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.3	1263 of 1317	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.5	1223 of 1318	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.0	1143 of 1326	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.0	1034 of 1290	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.5	1240 of 1331	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.7	1199 of 1333	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	10.6	937 of 1032	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.6	933 of 989	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.2	881 of 982	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.4	803 of 953	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.3	607 of 896	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	13.7	774 of 899	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.8	630 of 870	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	7.4	1008 of 1023	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.7	834 of 939	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.8	782 of 910	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.8	715 of 863	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	43.8	444 of 839	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	14.7	789 of 948	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.9	846 of 942	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	5.5	1265 of 1318	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.3	1280 of 1313	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.3	1257 of 1315	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.5	1266 of 1324	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	24.6	918 of 1297	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.0	1250 of 1335	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.2	1197 of 1334	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	11.4	985 of 1023	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.5	925 of 989	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.7	882 of 958	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.5	897 of 1007	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.4	612 of 1001	38.9%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	10.6	699 of 752	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.4	695 of 743	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	692 of 748	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.0	661 of 745	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.1	562 of 652	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.5	664 of 745	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.6	628 of 716	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	24.2	537 of 712	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	20.1	581 of 713	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.7	576 of 713	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	21.4	574 of 717	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	10.2	619 of 704	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	14.6	584 of 677	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	10.0	613 of 684	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	12.4	592 of 677	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	10.6	589 of 664	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	9.7	568 of 640	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	10.0	560 of 631	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	22.1	501 of 615	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	5.6	549 of 599	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	9.7	515 of 588	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	12.7	498 of 574	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	8.7	337 of 359	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	32.3	255 of 361	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.0	285 of 356	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	44.3	140 of 291	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	29.0	244 of 326	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.8	244 of 326	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	14.4	339 of 343	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	316 of 320	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	34.4	191 of 288	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.5	205 of 270	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	59.2	40 of 197	79.7%	★★★★☆
2019	25.3	176 of 227	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.2	126 of 202	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	17.5	614 of 728	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.1	637 of 717	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.3	656 of 720	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.0	631 of 726	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.1	561 of 625	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.6	605 of 703	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.1	589 of 680	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	14.7	558 of 608	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.4	546 of 589	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.6	549 of 587	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	22.2	497 of 591	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.9	408 of 480	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.3	444 of 524	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.3	378 of 504	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	16.5	561 of 613	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.7	500 of 584	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.3	476 of 568	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.4	425 of 549	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.4	345 of 467	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.0	466 of 541	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.5	427 of 522	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	8.6	708 of 726	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.3	679 of 719	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.8	653 of 718	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.5	636 of 730	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.6	512 of 635	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.9	645 of 697	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.3	620 of 675	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2024	40.5	265 of 510	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.9	376 of 535	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	15.6	381 of 401	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.6	475 of 492	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.4	412 of 471	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2025)9th percentile+8 vs school

African American (2025)8th percentile+7 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)6th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)4th percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2025)4th percentile~ school

Female (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school

Middle school

Special Education (2024)48th percentile+42 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)8th percentile~ school

African American (2025)6th percentile~ school

Male (2025)2nd percentile-5 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)1st percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts15%-38 vs state

Mathematics6%-35 vs state

Science1%-23 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)						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 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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
School 26	Public	PK, KG-8	1 East 32nd Street	Paterson	07514	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0260	419	31	13.5	58.0%	4 (1.0%)	116 (27.7%)	293 (69.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	4.4	1330^th of 1347 public elementary schools	1.3%		4.2	1327^th of 1338 public elementary schools	0.8%	3	0.0	2.3	8.7	10.9	6.0	23.1	18.6	27.3	17.4	4.0	1.8	0.0	5.4	8.7	$8,427		$8,427
School 1	Public	K-5	1 East 32nd Street	Paterson	07514	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0490	217	21	10.3	64.5%	2 (0.9%)	65 (30.0%)	147 (67.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	57.5	578^th of 1347 public elementary schools	57.1%		37.1	839^th of 1338 public elementary schools	37.3%	261	26.9		47.3	58.4	76.9				66.6	33.3	42.3				$9,731		$9,731
School 21	Public	PK, KG-8	322 10th Avenue	Paterson	07514	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0210	665	43	15.4	64.5%	3 (0.5%)	139 (20.9%)	519 (78.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3.8	1336^th of 1347 public elementary schools	0.8%		4.5	1324^th of 1338 public elementary schools	1.0%	12	1.2	0.0	9.0	9.9	2.8	13.2	8.3	8.2	12.4	1.3	3.7	1.2	6.5	12.0	$8,480		$8,480
School 13	Public	K-8	690 East 23rd St	Paterson	07504	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0130	499	36	13.8	69.9%	2 (0.4%)	95 (19.0%)	400 (80.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6	1308^th of 1347 public elementary schools	2.9%		5.5	1310^th of 1338 public elementary schools	2.1%	2	5.1	0.0	12.8	12.5	25.4	10.5	25.0	19.2	4.3	11.1	6.7	2.2	4.0	1.8	$8,300		$8,300
Lyncrest Elementary School	Public	K-4	9-04 Morlot Ave	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 794-5555	185	17	10.9	16.8%	87 (47.0%)	8 (4.3%)	51 (27.6%)	29 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.4%)	93.4	56^th of 1347 public elementary schools	95.8%		87.4	163^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	87.8%	107			77.7	85.0					82.2	82.5					$6,699	$104	$6,595
Senator Frank Lautenberg School	Public	K-8	137 Carroll Street	Paterson	07501	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0060	605	36	16.8	70.2%	8 (1.3%)	208 (34.4%)	384 (63.5%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4.1	1332^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	1.1%		3.6	1332^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	0.4%		1.2	0.0	13.5	12.5	3.7	6.6	10.5	12.0	7.6	0.0	2.3	9.1	4.8	8.9	$8,560		$8,560
School 24	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
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 10	Public	K-8	48 Mercer Street	Paterson	07524	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0100	474	34	13.9	62.0%	6 (1.3%)	85 (17.9%)	377 (79.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	5.1	1323^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	1.8%		4.4	1325^th of 1338 public elementary schools	1.0%	2	0.0	0.0	10.6	12.7	6.1	12.8	2.0	18.9	22.7	11.7	4.1	0.0	1.9	2.5	$8,827		$8,827
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

Frequently Asked Questions about School 26

What is the racial makeup of School 26?

Students at School 26 are 70% Hispanic, 28% African American.

How many students attend School 26?

In the 2024-25 school year, 419 students attended School 26.

What district is School 26 in?

Paterson Public School District

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School 26 ranks in the bottom 1.3% of New Jersey elementary schools.

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