About Paterson Public School District
Paterson Public School District is a public school system serving Passaic County, New Jersey, based in Paterson. It serves 24,291 students across 43 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #4 largest of New Jersey’s 651 school systems.
Size and structure
Paterson Public School District enrolls 24,291 students in 43 schools — an average of about 565 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #4 of 651 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Paterson Public School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (24,291 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Paterson Public School District employs about 1,733 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1 — above the New Jersey average of about 12.0:1. Total district staff is roughly 3,664.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How New Jersey funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Paterson Public School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
New Jersey publishes School Performance Reports for every district, covering proficiency, growth, graduation, college-and-career readiness, English-learner progress and climate measures. Look up Paterson Public School District on the NJ School Performance Reports.
Accreditation status
New Jersey monitors districts through QSAC (the Quality Single Accountability Continuum), a state review of instruction, governance, fiscal management, operations and personnel; some schools also hold voluntary Middle States accreditation. See the New Jersey Department of Education for a district’s QSAC status.
Paterson Public School District vs. New Jersey
See every New Jersey district side by side in the New Jersey directory.
Look up Paterson Public School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):