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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

School 21, Paterson, NJ

CEP schoolSchool 21 is a public elementary school in Paterson, part of Paterson Public School District. It enrolled 665 students in 2024-25, with 15.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
665
Teachers (FTE)
43.0
Students per teacher
15.5
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is 1.5 higher than the district figure of 14.0. The New Jersey average across schools is 11.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.5
District14.0
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
322 10th Avenue, Paterson, NJ 07514
Phone
(973)321-0210
District
Paterson Public School District
County
Passaic County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
341269004914
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
424
Reduced-price lunch
5
Free or reduced-price lunch
42964.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Paterson Public School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Paterson

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.