Muhammad Ali School Number 23

Muhammad Ali School Number 23, a tight-knit intermediate school in Passaic, New Jersey, part of Passaic City School District, educates 442 students, covering grades 7 through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 578 students each, so Muhammad Ali School Number 23 sits 24% leaner than that benchmark.

Passaic City School District runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 11,877 students. Muhammad Ali School Number 23 is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Muhammad Ali School Number 23 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Muhammad Ali School Number 23 has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Muhammad Ali School Number 23 tighter than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Passaic County's rate of about 61%.

With demographic context factored in, Muhammad Ali School Number 23 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 11.8%, the actual is 7.9%, a residual of -3.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Passaic County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Passaic County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), Muhammad Ali School Number 23 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ellen Ochoa School Number 22, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Muhammad Ali School Number 23. On composite proficiency, Muhammad Ali School Number 23 comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 13.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.