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Which teacher or staff member at Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
742
Middle
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASSAIC CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341254003365
Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20
19 Henry Street, Passaic, NJ 07055 · (973) 470-5500 · Passaic County
GRADES 02–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL742 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
742 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 2 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 13% |
Student demographics
13%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
Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20→Passaic High School No. 12
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
74.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
49.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 49.9% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 49.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+45.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 11% 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 45 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 Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20
Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 this school | 742 | 100.0% | 56.8% |
| Ellen Ochoa School Number 22 Passaic | 613 | 99.7% | 12.0% |
| New Brunswick Middle School NEW BRUNSWICK | 829 | 94.8% | 16.3% |
| Lakewood Middle School LAKEWOOD | 574 | 93.0% | 25.4% |
| West New York Middle School WEST NEW YORK | 1,087 | 91.4% | 32.7% |
| Muhammad Ali School Number 23 Passaic | 442 | 99.3% | 7.9% |
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 Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #122 of 433 | #4 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #172 of 437 ▼ 18 | #5 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #108 of 437 ▼ 21 | #3 of 21 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 742 | #116 of 445 | #4 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #384 of 417 | #18 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.3% | #407 of 419 | #17 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #1 of 436 | #1 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #104 of 282 | #4 of 14 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
742
-204 (-22%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 742 | 55 | 13.5:1 | 100% (742) |
| 2023-24 | 710 | 55 | 12.9:1 | 100% (710) |
| 2022-23 | 756 | 54 | 14.0:1 | 100% (756) |
| 2020-21 | 946 | 61 | 15.5:1 | 100% (946) |
| 2017-18 | 864 | 54.8 | 15.8:1 | 100% (864) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (864 to 742); teachers unchanged (54.8 to 55).
About Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20
Families in Passaic, New Jersey, are served by Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20, a mid-sized middle school. The school serves grades 2 through 8. Enrollment is 742 students. That is 28% larger than the average of about 578 students for middle schools in New Jersey.
Within Passaic City School District, Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 is one of 19 schools. The district enrolls 11,877 students.
At Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20, 93% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 4% Asian. Census figures show Passaic County is about 44% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 13%.
Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. The school's 13.5:1 compares with an average of 10.9:1 for middle schools in New Jersey. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 61% average for public schools in Passaic County.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 outscored 86%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey schools. It scores 56.8%; the prediction is 11.4%.
Looking at the county, Passaic County, median household income comes to about $87,522, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Passaic County has 155 public schools with about 83,237 students, including Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20.
Measured in a straight line, Sonia Sotomayor School #21 is less than a tenth of a mile from Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 is ahead of the 23.2% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 742, down from 946 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.5:1 to 13.5:1.
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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 Preparatory AcademyHigh · 710 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
- Sonia Sotomayor School #210.0 mi · 499
- Casimir Pulaski School No. 80.2 mi · 77
- Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 60.3 mi · 754
- William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 110.3 mi · 805
- Passaic Arts and Science Charter School0.3 mi · 2,175
- Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering0.4 mi · 650
Frequently asked questions
About Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20How many students attend Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20?
Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 enrolls approximately 742 students in grades 02-08.
What grades does Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 serve?
Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 serves grades 02-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 is approximately 13.5:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20?
Student demographics at Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 are roughly 1% White, 93% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20?
Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20 is overseen by Passaic City School District in Passaic County.
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