📍 21 Dale Ave, Paterson, Passaic County, 07501
Dale Avenue is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Paterson, Passaic County. The school has 263 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Paterson Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a suburban setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dale Avenue enrolls 263 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 65% male and 35% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 14% Black or African American and 4.6% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 204 | 78% |
| Black or African American | 36 | 14% |
| Asian | 12 | 4.6% |
| White | 11 | 4.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
182 of the school's 263 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 170 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dale Avenue is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 35, state house district 35.
Dale Avenue is one of 43 schools in Paterson Public School District, based in Paterson, New Jersey. The district serves 24,291 students district-wide and employs 1,769 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 263 students, Dale Avenue is smaller than the district average of about 565 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large