Passaic City School District
Public school district based in Passaic, New Jersey. NCES district ID 3412540; state ID NJ-313970.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
17
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
11,448
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
938.7
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
12.2
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 908 | |
| Kindergarten | 723 | |
| Grade 1 | 709 | |
| Grade 2 | 827 | |
| Grade 3 | 720 | |
| Grade 4 | 814 | |
| Grade 5 | 789 | |
| Grade 6 | 798 | |
| Grade 7 | 847 | |
| Grade 8 | 838 | |
| Grade 9 | 783 | |
| Grade 10 | 873 | |
| Grade 11 | 898 | |
| Grade 12 | 921 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Suppressed | |
| Asian | 1.5% | |
| Black or African American | 2.9% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 94.0% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 0.6% | |
| White | 0.9% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.8% | |
| Male | 51.2% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Suburb 17.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passaic High School No. 12 Passaic | 9–12 | Regular | 2,484 | 165.5 | 15 | Suburb: Large |
| Mahatma Gandhi School Number 25 Passaic | K–3 | Regular | 903 | 51.0 | 17.7 | Suburb: Large |
| William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11 Passaic | K–8 | Regular | 805 | 70.6 | 11.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Mario Drago School No. 3 Passaic | PK–8 | Regular | 776 | 70.0 | 11.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6 Passaic | PK–8 | Regular | 754 | 71.6 | 10.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 Passaic | 2–8 | Regular | 742 | 55.0 | 13.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Passaic Preparatory Academy Passaic | 6–12 | Regular | 710 | 52.5 | 13.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering Passaic | 6–12 | Regular | 650 | 53.0 | 12.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 Passaic | 4–6 | Regular | 613 | 54.0 | 11.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Daniel F. Ryan Elementary School No. 19 Passaic | 1–8 | Regular | 590 | 53.0 | 11.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Sonia Sotomayor School #21 Passaic | K–8 | Regular | 499 | 48.0 | 10.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Muhammad Ali School Number 23 Passaic | 7–8 | Regular | 442 | 53.0 | 8.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Thomas Jefferson School No. 1 Passaic | K–8 | Regular | 423 | 38.5 | 11 | Suburb: Large |
| Theodore Roosevelt School No. 10 Passaic | K–6 | Regular | 369 | 32.0 | 11.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Sallie D. Gamble School No. 7 Passaic | PK–K | Regular | 289 | 24.0 | 12 | Suburb: Large |
| Abraham Lincoln School Number 24 Passaic | PK | Regular | 252 | 34.0 | 7.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Vincent Capuana School No. 15 Passaic | PK–K | Regular | 147 | 13.0 | 11.3 | Suburb: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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