Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School

Located at 70 CHURCH STREET, in HALEDON, New Jersey, Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School is a reasonably sized four-year high school that enrolls 803 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Passaic County Manchester Regional High School District.

Operationally, Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School answers to Passaic County Manchester Regional High School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment; the rest consists of 15% Black, 9% White, 4% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 63% of students at Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 31.8%; Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School posts 14.8%, -17.0 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Passaic County put the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Passaic County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Prospect Park Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 23.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 866 (now 803). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 59% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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