School 5

Summary:

School 5 is an elementary school located in Paterson, New Jersey, serving 785 students in grades K-5. It is part of the Paterson Public School District, which is ranked 572 out of 613 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Unfortunately, School 5 has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of New Jersey elementary schools over the past decade, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The data reveals that School 5 is struggling academically, with significantly lower performance than the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 20.2% of 3rd graders, 31.8% of 4th graders, and 31.7% of 5th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 43.6%, 50.8%, and 52.3%, respectively. The performance gaps are even more pronounced in mathematics, with only 25.7% of 3rd graders, 26.2% of 4th graders, and 25% of 5th graders achieving proficiency, compared to the state averages of 47.6%, 45%, and 40.1%. Additionally, School 5 has consistently high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 16.6% to 49.6% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state and district averages.

The data also highlights a stark contrast between the performance of School 5 and the nearby School 28, which is also part of the Paterson Public School District. School 28 consistently ranks among the top 1-2% of New Jersey elementary schools, with exceptional academic performance that far exceeds the state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 90.3% of 3rd graders, 96.4% of 4th graders, and 96.3% of 5th graders at School 28 were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the dismal performance at School 5.


Detail:

Public K-5

 430 Totowa Avenue
       Paterson, NJ  07502-2135


(973) 321-0050

District: Paterson Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1090th of 1,338 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,638 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  13.1 Help
Number of students:  763

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
56.9%
Asian:
35.4%
African American:
6.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  75.2% Help


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Compare Details School 5 ranks worse than 81.5% of elementary schools in New Jersey. It also ranks 6th among 29 ranked elementary schools in the Paterson Public School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.92. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (56.9%), Asian (35.4%), African American (6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 75.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at School 5 is 13.1. 20 elementary schools in the Paterson Public School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at School 5 is $10,638, which is the 9th highest among 29 elementary schools in the Paterson Public School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

School 5:

SchoolDigger ranks School 5 1090th of 1338 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See School 5 in the ranking list.)

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Paterson Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Paterson Public School District 572nd of 613 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for School 5

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Rank History for all students at School 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 4.31 1122nd 1204 6.8%
2004 5.55 1216th 1298 6.3%
2005 5.66 1228th 1303 5.8%
2006 2.89 1258th 1314 4.3%
2007 5.22 1267th 1329 4.7%
2008 8.10 1242nd 1338 7.2%
2009 13.33 1197th 1346 11.1%
2010 12.91 1209th 1354 10.7%
2011 12.12 1227th 1360 9.8%
2012 9.36 1246th 1363 8.6%
2013 15.95 1184th 1367 13.4%
2014 25.25 1100th 1363 19.3%
2015 16.98 1149th 1357 15.3%
2016 18.40 1128th 1346 16.2%
2017 25.22 1043rd 1352 22.9%
2018 26.38 1053rd 1353 22.2%
2019 24.92 1051st 1360 22.7%
2021 18.96 1039th 1317 21.1%
2022 14.95 1159th 1345 13.8%
2023 22.05 1057th 1342 21.2%
2024 18.92 1090th 1338 18.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at School 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.24 182nd 434 58.1%
2019 56.82 165th 463 64.4%
2021 38.07 224th 411 45.5%
2022 26.89 364th 489 25.6%
2023 38.15 273rd 499 45.3%
2024 29.14 408th 559 27.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at School 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.76 770th 1001 23.1%
2019 19.09 812th 1007 19.4%
2021 28.59 593rd 868 31.7%
2022 14.16 883rd 949 7.0%
2023 13.53 889th 958 7.2%
2024 24.26 725th 989 26.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at School 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.90 407th 942 56.8%
2019 57.65 315th 948 66.8%
2021 48.59 371st 839 55.8%
2022 39.90 501st 863 41.9%
2023 51.43 379th 910 58.4%
2024 52.10 392nd 939 58.3%
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Rank History for Female students at School 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.65 1059th 1333 20.6%
2019 25.82 1026th 1331 22.9%
2021 19.04 1054th 1290 18.3%
2022 12.37 1167th 1326 12.0%
2023 21.76 1025th 1318 22.2%
2024 21.58 1009th 1317 23.4%
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Rank History for Male students at School 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.75 965th 1334 27.7%
2019 25.62 1024th 1335 23.3%
2021 21.89 964th 1297 25.7%
2022 19.86 1045th 1324 21.1%
2023 25.29 978th 1315 25.6%
2024 18.27 1061st 1313 19.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at School 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 3.11 327th 370 11.6%
2019 11.02 312th 370 15.7%
2021 5.48 325th 339 4.1%
2022 0.57 324th 348 6.9%
2023 2.37 320th 346 7.5%
2024 2.94 313th 340 7.9%
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Rank History for African American students at School 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.23 378th 517 26.9%
2019 39.42 328th 522 37.2%
2021 43.12 245th 456 46.3%
2022 17.38 447th 494 9.5%
2023 39.64 281st 463 39.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at School 5

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.61 526th 870 39.5%
2019 30.77 634th 899 29.5%
2021 21.71 786th 896 12.3%
2022 22.64 750th 953 21.3%
2023 26.84 724th 982 26.3%
2024 26.54 741st 989 25.1%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: New Jersey Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a citizen
Monday, November 13, 2017

Open Quote I went to this school 40 yrs ago .What a change..Teachers just don't care No staff cares.The children are out of hand and will soon be running the facility. Children curse and fight and don't forget the school only goes to 5th grade now different then when I went there K-8..Im there every morning and when school let's out (walk a child to and from).I'm hoping something is done soon the learning rate is very poor also and that's not the child's fault Close Quote



Enrollment information for School 5

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 185 205 53 474 0 n/a n/a 0 917
1989 175 181 60 496 0 n/a n/a 0 912
1990 158 226 88 549 0 n/a n/a 0 1021
1991 117 251 103 587 0 n/a n/a 0 1058
1992 99 241 108 564 0 n/a n/a 0 1012
1993 84 239 119 560 3 n/a n/a 0 1005
1994 71 266 129 562 0 n/a n/a 0 1028
1995 53 237 141 648 0 n/a n/a 0 1079
1996 53 237 141 648 0 n/a n/a 0 1079
1998 52 258 150 666 0 n/a n/a 0 1126
1999 50 241 190 682 3 n/a n/a 0 1166
2000 44 203 170 623 8 n/a n/a 0 1048
2001 90 214 120 716 54 n/a n/a 0 1194
2002 118 209 176 762 5 n/a n/a 0 1270
2003 118 209 176 762 5 n/a n/a 0 1270
2004 92 194 189 722 4 n/a n/a 0 1201
2005 42 159 195 709 4 n/a n/a 0 1109
2006 48 158 211 724 5 n/a n/a 0 1146
2007 54 147 231 675 4 n/a n/a 0 1111
2008 48 161 228 637 4 n/a n/a 0 1078
2009 44 132 252 590 1 0 0 0 1019
2010 40 134 299 569 0 0 0 0 1042
2011 42 183 358 645 0 0 0 0 1228
2012 62 223 382 755 1 1 0 0 1424
2013 74 205 409 777 3 2 0 0 1470
2014 27 96 247 451 1 0 8 0 830
2015 25 61 149 530 5 2 60 0 832
2016 25 59 148 479 7 3 53 0 774
2017 23 64 230 379 0 2 1 0 699
2018 18 76 248 346 0 2 0 0 690
2019 19 77 234 309 0 1 0 0 640
2020 12 59 237 324 0 1 0 0 633
2021 13 70 269 392 0 0 0 0 744
2022 9 64 257 406 0 0 0 0 736
2023 10 65 268 441 0 0 1 0 785
2024 9 46 270 434 0 0 4 0 763

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at School 5

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 917 63.0 14.5 n/a
1989 912 64.0 14.2 n/a
1990 1021 63.0 16.2 63.1
1991 1058 67.0 15.7 65
1992 1012 68.0 14.8 61
1993 1005 68.0 14.8 75.9
1994 1028 67.0 15.3 75.4
1995 1079 63.0 17.1 82.4
1996 1079 63.0 17.1 82.4
1998 1126 62.0 18.2 72.9
1999 1166 65.0 17.9 75
2000 1048 67.0 15.6 90
2001 1194 67.2 17.8 76.9
2002 1270 84.0 15.1 85.3
2003 1270 84.0 15.1 85.3
2004 1201 79.0 15.2 72.7
2005 1109 89.0 12.5 n/a
2006 1146 92.0 12.5 76.5
2007 1111 93.0 11.9 79.6
2008 1078 72.0 15.0 83.7
2009 1019 73.3 11.7 91
2010 1042 66.0 15.7 88.9
2011 1228 58.0 21.1 90.1
2012 1424 65.6 21.6 90.3
2013 1470 68.5 21.4 83.8
2014 830 61.5 13.4 94.8
2015 832 65.0 12.8 7.3
2016 774 54.0 14.3 86.3
2017 699 54.0 12.9 90.7
2018 690 50.5 13.6 85.5
2019 640 59.0 10.8 71.4
2020 633 53.5 11.8 80.4
2021 744 61.5 12.0 72.2
2022 736 58.5 12.5 79.6
2023 785 57.0 13.7 63.4
2024 763 58.0 13.1 75.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio School 5

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 917 63.0 14.5 n/a
1989 912 64.0 14.2 n/a
1990 1021 63.0 16.2 63.1
1991 1058 67.0 15.7 65
1992 1012 68.0 14.8 61
1993 1005 68.0 14.8 75.9
1994 1028 67.0 15.3 75.4
1995 1079 63.0 17.1 82.4
1996 1079 63.0 17.1 82.4
1998 1126 62.0 18.2 72.9
1999 1166 65.0 17.9 75
2000 1048 67.0 15.6 90
2001 1194 67.2 17.8 76.9
2002 1270 84.0 15.1 85.3
2003 1270 84.0 15.1 85.3
2004 1201 79.0 15.2 72.7
2005 1109 89.0 12.5 n/a
2006 1146 92.0 12.5 76.5
2007 1111 93.0 11.9 79.6
2008 1078 72.0 15.0 83.7
2009 1019 73.3 11.7 91
2010 1042 66.0 15.7 88.9
2011 1228 58.0 21.1 90.1
2012 1424 65.6 21.6 90.3
2013 1470 68.5 21.4 83.8
2014 830 61.5 13.4 94.8
2015 832 65.0 12.8 7.3
2016 774 54.0 14.3 86.3
2017 699 54.0 12.9 90.7
2018 690 50.5 13.6 85.5
2019 640 59.0 10.8 71.4
2020 633 53.5 11.8 80.4
2021 744 61.5 12.0 72.2
2022 736 58.5 12.5 79.6
2023 785 57.0 13.7 63.4
2024 763 58.0 13.1 75.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for School 5

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $10,638

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on School 5

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1051st of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 1057th of 1342 Elementary schools
 1.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (School 5)35.422.5
 12.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Paterson Public School District)24.913.8
 11.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (School 5)3920.7
 18.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Paterson Public School District)27.615.1
 12.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (School 5)36.936.2
 0.7%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Paterson Public School District)32.721.2
 11.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.451.3
 6.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (School 5)47.825
 22.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Paterson Public School District)23.613
 10.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)5144.3
 6.7%
5th Grade English Language Arts (School 5)44.142.6
 1.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Paterson Public School District)32.724.9
 7.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.953.2
 4.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (School 5)26.627.5
 0.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Paterson Public School District)2112.4
 8.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)46.840.1
 6.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students640785
 22.7%
African American7765
 15.6%
American Indian00
Asian234268
 14.5%
Hispanic309441
 42.7%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White1910
 47.4%
Two or More Races01
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients71.4%63.4%
 8%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 763 students attended School 5.

Students at School 5 are 57% Hispanic, 35% Asian, 6% African American, 1% White.

School 5 ranks in the bottom 18.5% of New Jersey elementary schools.


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