School district · New Jersey
Passaic City School District
Passaic City School District in New Jersey: 17 public schools with 11,448 students and 11.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $32,950 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 11,448
- Students per teacher
- 11.9
- NJ 11.5 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $32,950
- NJ $28K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 963
- Counselors (FTE)
- 39.0
- Students per counselor
- 294
- NJ 274 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 13.0
- Librarians (FTE): 3.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Jersey's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New Jersey: 54%33%proficient
+3.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 88% of school districts in New Jersey
Median 57% · 593 school districts compared
4,631 students tested, grades 3–8 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
New Jersey: 41%19%proficient
+2.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 90% of school districts in New Jersey
Median 43% · 592 school districts compared
3,852 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 9.7% · $42.8M
- State
- 84% · $369.8M
- Local
- 6.1% · $26.9M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $20,297
- Support services
- $11,638
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $6.1M
- Long-term debt
- $0
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abraham Lincoln School Number 24Free meals for all | Pre-K | 252 | 7.4 | — | — |
Daniel F. Ryan Elementary School No. 19Free meals for all | 1–8 | 590 | 11.1 | 29% | 19% |
Mahatma Gandhi School Number 25Free meals for all | K–3 | 903 | 17.7 | 8.9% | 6.3% |
Mario Drago School No. 3Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 776 | 11.1 | 27% | 17% |
Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 754 | 10.5 | 22% | 7.0% |
Sallie D. Gamble School No. 7Free meals for all | Pre-K–K | 289 | 12.0 | — | — |
Sonia Sotomayor School #21Free meals for all | K–8 | 499 | 10.4 | 16% | 7.5% |
Theodore Roosevelt School No. 10Free meals for all | K–6 | 369 | 11.5 | 16% | 13% |
Thomas Jefferson School No. 1Free meals for all | K–8 | 423 | 11.0 | 34% | 25% |
Vincent Capuana School No. 15Free meals for all | Pre-K–K | 147 | 11.3 | — | — |
William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11Free meals for all | K–8 | 805 | 11.4 | 28% | 11% |
Ellen Ochoa School Number 22Free meals for all | 4–6 | 613 | 11.4 | 11% | 12% |
Muhammad Ali School Number 23Free meals for all | 7–8 | 442 | 8.3 | 21% | 9.2% |
Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20Free meals for all | 2–8 | 742 | 13.5 | 74% | 52% |
Passaic Academy for Science and EngineeringFree meals for all | 6–12 | 650 | 12.3 | 86% | 59% |
Passaic High School No. 12Free meals for all | 9–12 | 2,484 | 15.0 | — | — |
Passaic Preparatory AcademyFree meals for all | 6–12 | 710 | 13.5 | 54% | 14% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 663 Main Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
- Phone
- (973)470-5500
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.