📍 430 Totowa Avenue, Paterson, Passaic County, 07502
School 5 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Paterson, Passaic County. The school has 785 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Paterson Public School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 7% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
School 5 enrolls 785 students across grades K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 57 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 34% Asian and 8.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 441 | 56% |
| Asian | 268 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 65 | 8.3% |
| White | 10 | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
498 of the school's 785 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 497 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
School 5 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.
School 5 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 785 students, School 5 is larger than the district average of about 565 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large