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Enrollment
1,040
High
DISTRICT 2,303 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASSAIC COUNTY TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341263003477
Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy
45 Reinhardt Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 · (973) 790-6000 · Passaic County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL1,040 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of New Jersey public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
443 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 266 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 265 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 253 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 256 | 25% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
91.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.2% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 95.5% | 81.3% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+41.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 41 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy
Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy's state test result (84.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy this school | 1,040 | 42.6% | 84.3% |
| High Tech High School Secaucus | 790 | 36.2% | 72.1% |
| Henry P. Becton Regional High School EAST RUTHERFORD | 853 | 40.6% | 38.5% |
| Secaucus High School SECAUCUS | 612 | 41.5% | 45.7% |
| South Plainfield High School SOUTH PLAINFIELD | 1,044 | 36.3% | 39.8% |
| Freehold Borough High School FREEHOLD | 1,376 | 40.8% | 42.5% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #16 of 397 | #1 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #17 of 400 ▲ 3 | #1 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.2% | #21 of 395 no change | #1 of 21 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,040 | #167 of 442 | #9 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #218 of 388 | #13 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #36 of 389 | #1 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #177 of 405 | #15 of 22 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,040
+248 (+31%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,040 | 83 | 12.5:1 | 43% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 885 | 81 | 10.9:1 | 34% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 1,034 | 80 | 12.9:1 | 41% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 792 | 63 | 12.6:1 | 39% (307) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy.
About Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy
Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy is a high school in Wayne, New Jersey, according to federal school records. The school serves 1,040 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
The 2 schools in Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District enroll 4,605 students altogether, Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy among them.
Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 43%. After that, the student body is 28% White, 20% Asian, 7% Black, and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 44% Hispanic share among all Passaic County residents. Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy has a diversity index of 69%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 83 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.5:1. High schools in New Jersey average about 12.7:1, a similar figure. Roughly 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Passaic County average 61%.
Measured against New Jersey public high schools, Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy is 42.9%. It actually posts 84.3%, which is 41.5 points higher and in the top 10% of New Jersey schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Passaic County show that median household income is about $87,522, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy is one of 155 public schools in Passaic County, which together enroll about 83,237 students.
The nearest public school is Passaic County Technical Institute, at less than a tenth of a mile. Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy ranks 1st on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 792 to 1,040.
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Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District
- Passaic County Technical InstituteHigh · 3,565 students
Other schools in Wayne
- Passaic County Technical InstituteHigh · 3,565 students
- Wayne Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Wayne Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Schuyler Colfax Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Anthony Wayne Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 493 students
Nearby schools
- Passaic County Technical Institute0.0 mi · 3,565
- School 270.7 mi · 641
- Haledon Public School0.8 mi · 996
- Anthony Wayne Middle School0.9 mi · 617
- Lafayette Elementary School1.0 mi · 321
- School 191.0 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Passaic County Technical Institute STEM AcademyHow large is Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy?
Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy enrolls approximately 1,040 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy serve?
Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy have?
Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy employs 83 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy?
Student demographics at Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy are roughly 28% White, 43% Hispanic, 7% Black, 20% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy in?
Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy is part of Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District.
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