High · New Jersey
Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering
Free meals for allPassaic Academy for Science and Engineering, a public high school in Passaic, New Jersey: grades 6–12, 650 students, 12.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Passaic City School District.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 650
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.0
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
More students per teacher than 52% of high schools in New Jersey
Median 12.1 · 435 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 66% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 62% of high schools in New Jersey
Median 817 · 444 schools compared
Larger than 63% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
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%86%proficient
+9.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 89% of high schools in New Jersey
Median 58% · 37 high schools compared
176 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
New Jersey: 41%59%proficient
+24.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 89% of high schools in New Jersey
Median 30% · 37 high schools compared
104 students tested, grades 6, 7 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5
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.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Passaic City School District.
Location
- Address
- 291 Lafayette Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
- Phone
- (973)470-5504
- City or town
- Passaic
- County
- Passaic County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Passaic Preparatory AcademyFree meals for all | 6–12 | 710 | 13.5 | 54% | 14% |
Passaic High School No. 12Free meals for all | 9–12 | 2,484 | 15.0 | — | — |
Hope AcademyAlternative | 6–12 | 59 | 9.5 | — | — |
| 7–12 | 545 | 13.2 | 65% | 52% | |
| 9–12 | 3,150 | 14.0 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 1,258 | 13.2 | — | — |
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
- 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).
- 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.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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