Haledon Public School, Haledon NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Haledon Public School

Haledon Public School is the single school in the Haledon Public School District, serving students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The borough of Haledon is a densely built, compact place, a former streetcar suburb of Paterson that developed around a grid of residential streets. At just over a square mile, it has a significant Hispanic and Latino population, and its main commercial corridor is Belmont Avenue. Because this school ends at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report; students in Haledon go on to Manchester Regional High School, which is also located in the borough and serves Haledon along with two neighboring towns.

The school enrolls a sizable student body for a pre-K-through-eight building, and a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student population is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of white, Black, and Asian students. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the source material.

On state assessments, Haledon Public School’s proficiency rates fall below the midpoint among districts in Passaic County on an overall proficiency index, landing in the bottom quartile of that comparison set. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above hovers at roughly one-quarter to just under one-third across tested grades, with the highest rates seen in fourth and eighth grades. English language arts results are stronger, with proficiency reaching into the low-to-mid forties in fourth grade and again in eighth grade, while the lower elementary and middle grades sit closer to about one-third proficient. Science results are low, particularly in eighth grade where very few students reached the state’s proficiency benchmark. These are the school’s own results; a parent may want to discuss with the school how it supports students who are not yet meeting grade-level expectations, especially in math and science.

The school operates as a regular public school. No information was available about course access, staffing ratios, or discipline, so those areas are not part of this account. No recent district-level changes or strategic initiatives appeared in publicly reported sources, so that section is left out rather than guessed.

Housing in the area is priced well above the national median, and rents are high relative to incomes, reflecting the broader pressures of the North Jersey market. The borough is nearly built out, with population growth that has plateaued after modest increases over the past couple of decades. For a family considering Haledon, the school is the only option within the district for elementary and middle grades, and its compact, walkable setting means most students live within a short distance of the building. The academic picture is one where the school is working against headwinds typical of a high-poverty, urban-adjacent district, with proficiency that is lower than many peer districts in the county. For a parent whose priority is a neighborhood school in a dense, transit-connected borough, Haledon Public School offers that setting. For a parent looking for higher overall test performance or a wide array of enrichment programs, it may not currently match those expectations, and further inquiry into the school’s academic interventions and support structures would be worthwhile.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 431%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 722%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 828%

School 28% · District 28%

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 737%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Science

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 13 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 83%

School 3% · District 3%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

This schoolHaledon Public School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income21%Higher-income41%19 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income66%31 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income38%Higher-income32%6 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income38%Higher-income41%3 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income35%Higher-income39%4 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income38%Higher-income48%10 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income24%Higher-income37%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income27%Higher-income41%15 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income24%Higher-income18%5 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income27%Higher-income20%7 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income22%Higher-income21%2 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income29%Higher-income28%1 pp gap