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Black student results in Paterson Public School District

Across 20 schools in Paterson Public School District, 10.9% of Black students meet proficient. That is 14 points below the New Jersey average for Black students.

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21.4%
All students
10.9%
Black
19.5%
Hispanic
52.5%
White
59.4%
Asian

Average across the 20 schools in Paterson Public School District with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 13 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Alexander Hamilton Academy reports 19% of Black students meeting the standard. Senator Frank Lautenberg School, in the same district, reports 1.4%. That is a 17.6-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Paterson Public School District

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
School 28 98.1% 100% 98.4% 100% 100%
Alexander Hamilton Academy 25.4% 19% 26.6%
School 12 9.6% 11.1% 7.9%
Joseph A. Taub School 23.6% 10.3% 17.3% 5% 44.8%
School 13 11.4% 10.1% 11.6%
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Educational Complex 14.3% 10% 17.6%
Edward W. Kilpatrick 11.2% 10% 11.7%
Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. School 7.9% 9.6% 8.1%
School 10 8.9% 9.1% 10%
School 20 8.1% 7% 8.5%
School 27 28% 5.9% 23.1% 37.3%
School 21 7.4% 5.6% 8%
School 15 19.9% 5% 19.7%
New Roberto Clemente 7.4% 2.3% 6.8%
School 26 10.7% 1.6% 12.2%
Senator Frank Lautenberg School 7.1% 1.4% 7.6%
Norman S. Weir 45.5% 0.5%
School 19 38.8% 0.3% 30.3% 55.6%
School 24 19.7% 0.2% 17.4%
School 18 25.1% 0% 27.3%

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How to read this. New Jersey suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 756 of New Jersey's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, New Jersey figures should not be compared against another state's.

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