📍 98 Oak Street, Paterson, Passaic County, 07501
School 15 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Paterson, Passaic County. The school has 596 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Paterson Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. 15% of students are proficient in reading. 1% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
School 15 enrolls 596 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 44 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 12% Black or African American and 1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 514 | 86% |
| Black or African American | 70 | 12% |
| White | 6 | 1% |
| Asian | 6 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
442 of the school's 596 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 432 qualify for free lunch and 10 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 15 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 15 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 596 students, School 15 is close to the district average of about 565 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large