📍 1 East 32nd Street, Paterson, Passaic County, 07514
School 26 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Paterson, Passaic County. The school has 562 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Paterson Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.6:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
School 26 enrolls 562 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 35% Black or African American and 1.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 348 | 62% |
| Black or African American | 198 | 35% |
| White | 10 | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
301 of the school's 562 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 292 qualify for free lunch and 9 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 26 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 26 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 562 students, School 26 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