Regular local school district · Passaic County

Passaic City School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending

Passaic City School District runs 17 public schools with 12,012 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.5 students per teacher is 0.8 higher than the New Jersey figure of 11.7.

At a glance

Schools: 17
Students: 12,012
Teachers (FTE): 962
Students per teacher: 12.5; NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3

Address: 663 Main Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055
Phone: (973)470-5500
County: Passaic County
Locale: Suburb: Large
Grades offered: PK to 12
Agency type: Regular local school district
NCES district ID: 3412540
State district ID: NJ-313970
Total staff (FTE): 1,988
School counselors (FTE): 39.0About 308 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE): 56.0

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Students per teacher compared

This district12.5

New Jersey11.7

United States15.3

2020 finance data

From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (13,494), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.

Total revenue: $408.7 million
Federal revenue: $62.4 million
State revenue: $328.5 million
Local revenue: $17.8 million
Total spending: $437.6 million
Spending per pupil: $32,431
Salaries: $158.1 million36.1% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year): $0

Where revenue came from

Federal: 15.3%
State: 80.4%
Local: 4.4%

New Jersey overall

Federal: 5.1%
State: 41.6%
Local: 53.2%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$32,431

New Jersey$25,026

United States$16,826

Schools in Passaic City School District

By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.


Abraham Lincoln School Number 24CEP school	Prekindergarten	PK	252	7.4
Daniel F. Ryan Elementary School No. 19CEP school	Elementary	1 to 8	590	11.1
Ellen Ochoa School Number 22CEP school	Middle	4 to 6	613	11.4
Mahatma Gandhi School Number 25CEP school	Elementary	K to 3	903	17.7
Mario Drago School No. 3CEP school	Elementary	PK to 8	776	11.1
Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6CEP school	Elementary	PK to 8	754	10.6
Muhammad Ali School Number 23CEP school	Middle	7 to 8	442	8.3
Passaic Academy for Science and EngineeringCEP school	High	6 to 12	650	12.3
Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20CEP school	Middle	2 to 8	742	13.5
Passaic High School No. 12CEP school	High	9 to 12	2,484	15.1
Passaic Preparatory AcademyCEP school	High	6 to 12	710	13.7
Sallie D. Gamble School No. 7CEP school	Elementary	PK to K	289	12.0
Sonia Sotomayor School #21CEP school	Elementary	K to 8	499	10.4
Theodore Roosevelt School No. 10CEP school	Elementary	K to 6	369	11.5
Thomas Jefferson School No. 1CEP school	Elementary	K to 8	423	11.1
Vincent Capuana School No. 15CEP school	Elementary	PK to K	147	11.3
William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11CEP school	Elementary	K to 8	805	11.5

Nearby and related

Other districts in Passaic County

Paterson Public School District 24,291 students
Clifton Public School District 11,010 students
Wayne Township Public School District 7,653 students
Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District 4,605 students
West Milford Township Public School District 2,948 students
Passaic Arts and Science Charter School 2,175 students
Hawthorne Public School District 2,162 students
Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology 1,708 students
Pompton Lakes School District 1,697 students
College Achieve Paterson Charter School 1,688 students
Paterson Arts and Science Charter School 1,330 students
Woodland Park School District 1,269 students
Passaic Valley Regional High School District 1,093 students
Haledon Public School District 996 students
Ringwood School District 980 students

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