Enrollment
613
Middle
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASSAIC CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341254006148
Ellen Ochoa School Number 22
95 Dayton Ave, Passaic, NJ 07055 · (973) 470-5500 · Passaic County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of New Jersey public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
611 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 222 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 190 | 31% |
| Grade 6 | 201 | 33% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Passaic City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
QUIET COMMUNITY
Be the first to start a discussion at Ellen Ochoa School Number 22.
START A DISCUSSIONTest scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
11.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -8.3pp since 2023
Math
11.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.3% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 19.6% | 11.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
12.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 12% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 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 Ellen Ochoa School Number 22
Ellen Ochoa School Number 22's state test result (12.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 this school | 613 | 99.7% | 12.0% |
| Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 Passaic | 742 | 100.0% | 56.8% |
| Muhammad Ali School Number 23 Passaic | 442 | 99.3% | 7.9% |
| Lakewood Middle School LAKEWOOD | 574 | 93.0% | 25.4% |
| New Brunswick Middle School NEW BRUNSWICK | 829 | 94.8% | 16.3% |
| West New York Middle School WEST NEW YORK | 1,087 | 91.4% | 32.7% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #412 of 433 | #19 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #403 of 437 ▼ 7 | #19 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #427 of 437 ▼ 19 | #20 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #175 of 445 | #8 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #266 of 417 | #14 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #413 of 419 | #18 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #2 of 436 | #2 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 613 | 54 | 11.3:1 | 100% (611) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 47 | 9.9:1 | 99% (459) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 33 | 11.7:1 | 99% (385) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ellen Ochoa School Number 22.
About Ellen Ochoa School Number 22
In Passaic, New Jersey, part of Passaic County, Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 is a middle-grades school. The school counted 613 students in 2024-25, covering grades 4 through 6.
Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 is in Passaic City School District, a district with 11,877 students across 19 schools.
Of every 100 students at Ellen Ochoa School Number 22, about 96 are Hispanic. It is also 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Passaic County is roughly 44% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 7, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 54 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. That is in line with the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Passaic County report 61%.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
The county, Passaic County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $87,522, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 155 public schools and about 83,237 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 from the closest public school, Mahatma Gandhi School Number 25. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 12.4% on proficiency, and Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 is below that at 12.0%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
People who know Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 City School District
- Passaic High School No. 12High · 2,484 students
- Mahatma Gandhi School Number 25Elementary · 903 students
- William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11Elementary · 805 students
- Mario Drago School No. 3Elementary · 776 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6Elementary · 754 students
- Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20Middle · 742 students
Other schools in Passaic
- Passaic High School No. 12High · 2,484 students
- Passaic Arts and Science Charter SchoolCombined · 2,175 students
- Mahatma Gandhi School Number 25Elementary · 903 students
- William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11Elementary · 805 students
- Mario Drago School No. 3Elementary · 776 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6Elementary · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Mahatma Gandhi School Number 250.0 mi · 903
- Muhammad Ali School Number 230.0 mi · 442
- Abraham Lincoln School Number 240.1 mi · 252
- Theodore Roosevelt School No. 100.1 mi · 369
- Hope Academy0.3 mi · 59
- Etta Gero School No. 90.3 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Ellen Ochoa School Number 22How large is Ellen Ochoa School Number 22?
Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 enrolls approximately 613 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 serve?
Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Ellen Ochoa School Number 22?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Ellen Ochoa School Number 22.
What is the student diversity at Ellen Ochoa School Number 22?
Student demographics at Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 are roughly 0% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 in?
Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 is part of Passaic City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.