Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy

Set in Wayne, New Jersey, Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy is a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school, operated by Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District. It caters to 1,040 students across grades 9 through 12.

Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy is one of 2 schools operated by Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District, a district that educates 4,605 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% White, 20% Asian, 7% Black, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy has 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Passaic County (around 61%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 42.9%; Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy posts 84.3%, +41.5 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Passaic County shows median household income runs about $87,522, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Passaic County Technical Institute, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.3%.

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