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Wayne Township Public School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
Wayne Township Public School District runs 15 public schools with 7,653 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.7 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 7,653
- Teachers (FTE)
- 717
- Students per teacher
- 10.7
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 50 Nellis Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470
- Phone
- (973)633-3000
- County
- Passaic County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3417280
- State district ID
- NJ-315570
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,500
- School counselors (FTE)
- 35.0About 219 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 39.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.7
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 (7,634), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $207.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.3 million
- State revenue
- $41.9 million
- Local revenue
- $160.3 million
- Total spending
- $199.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $26,189
- Salaries
- $100.7 million50.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 2.6%
- State: 20.2%
- Local: 77.3%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$26,189
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in Wayne Township Public School District
By level: 2 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Albert Payson Terhune Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 347 | 12.4 |
| Anthony Wayne Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 617 | 9.1 |
| George Washington Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 493 | 8.6 |
| James Fallon Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 370 | 13.2 |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 387 | 12.1 |
| Lafayette Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 321 | 14.6 |
| Packanack Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 408 | 13.6 |
| Pines Lake Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 356 | 11.9 |
| Preakness Early Childhood Center | Elementary | PK to K | 177 | 9.3 |
| Randall Carter Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 351 | 13.0 |
| Ryerson Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 250 | 9.3 |
| Schuyler Colfax Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 650 | 9.7 |
| Theunis Dey Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 459 | 13.9 |
| Wayne Hills High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,162 | 9.6 |
| Wayne Valley High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,201 | 9.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Passaic County
- Paterson Public School District 24,291 students
- Passaic City School District 12,012 students
- Clifton Public School District 11,010 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
More in New Jersey
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.