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Enrollment
442
Middle
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASSAIC CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341254006149
Muhammad Ali School Number 23
63 Dayton Ave, Passaic, NJ 07055 · (973) 470-5500 · Passaic County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
439 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 7 | 220 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 222 | 50% |
Student demographics
5%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
Muhammad Ali School Number 23→Passaic High School No. 12
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Passaic City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
21.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +10.8pp since 2023
Math
5.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.3% | 5.7% |
| 2023-24 | 10.5% | 4.0% |
% 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
7.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% 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 Muhammad Ali School Number 23
Muhammad Ali School Number 23's state test result (7.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Ali School Number 23 this school | 442 | 99.3% | 7.9% |
| Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 Passaic | 613 | 99.7% | 12.0% |
| Lakewood Middle School LAKEWOOD | 574 | 93.0% | 25.4% |
| Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 Passaic | 742 | 100.0% | 56.8% |
| Pathways Middle School New Brunswick | 262 | 93.5% | N/A |
| New Brunswick Middle School NEW BRUNSWICK | 829 | 94.8% | 16.3% |
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 Muhammad Ali School Number 23 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.9% | #420 of 433 | #21 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.7% | #427 of 437 ▲ 2 | #20 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #409 of 437 ▲ 13 | #19 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #293 of 445 | #13 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #25 of 417 | #1 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.3% | #416 of 419 | #19 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #3 of 436 | #3 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 | 442 | 53 | 8.3:1 | 99% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 50 | 8.6:1 | 99% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 48 | 10.0:1 | 99% (476) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Muhammad Ali School Number 23.
About Muhammad Ali School Number 23
Muhammad Ali School Number 23 operates as a small middle school in Passaic, New Jersey. Its 442 students are spread across grades 7 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students.
Muhammad Ali School Number 23 is in Passaic City School District, a district with 11,877 students across 19 schools.
The large majority of students at Muhammad Ali School Number 23, 97%, are Hispanic. Passaic County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Muhammad Ali School Number 23 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 5%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.3:1, with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 10.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Muhammad Ali School Number 23 is 99%. Public schools in Passaic County average 61%.
allk12 grades Muhammad Ali School Number 23 a D. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Muhammad Ali School Number 23 falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 7.9% actual against 11.8% predicted.
Census estimates describe Passaic County this way: median household income is about $87,522, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 155 public schools in Passaic County, with a combined enrollment of about 83,237.
Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 is the public school closest to Muhammad Ali School Number 23, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Muhammad Ali School Number 23 is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Muhammad Ali School Number 23 in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
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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 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
- Ellen Ochoa School Number 220.0 mi · 613
- Mahatma Gandhi School Number 250.0 mi · 903
- Abraham Lincoln School Number 240.1 mi · 252
- Theodore Roosevelt School No. 100.2 mi · 369
- Etta Gero School No. 90.3 mi · 352
- Hope Academy0.3 mi · 59
Frequently asked questions
About Muhammad Ali School Number 23How many students attend Muhammad Ali School Number 23?
Muhammad Ali School Number 23 enrolls approximately 442 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Muhammad Ali School Number 23 serve?
Muhammad Ali School Number 23 serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Muhammad Ali School Number 23?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Muhammad Ali School Number 23 is approximately 8.3:1 (53 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Muhammad Ali School Number 23?
Muhammad Ali School Number 23 reports a student body of 97% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Muhammad Ali School Number 23?
Muhammad Ali School Number 23 is overseen by Passaic City School District in Passaic County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.