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Enrollment
710
High
DISTRICT 1,281 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASSAIC CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341254003453
Passaic Preparatory Academy
252 Boulevard, Passaic, NJ 07055 · (973) 470-5504 · Passaic County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL710 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of New Jersey public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
710 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 39 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 131 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 137 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 127 | 18% |
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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
62.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
14.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.5% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.3% | 18.5% |
% 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
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 23 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 Preparatory Academy
Passaic Preparatory Academy's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passaic Preparatory Academy this school | 710 | 100.0% | 34.3% |
| Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering Passaic | 650 | 100.0% | 56.1% |
| Harrison High School HARRISON | 795 | 90.1% | 25.0% |
| Lakewood High School LAKEWOOD | 1,295 | 92.0% | 33.6% |
| Bound Brook High School Bound Brook | 579 | 83.6% | 19.9% |
| Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy Elizabeth | 842 | 86.9% | 13.5% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 Preparatory Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #216 of 397 | #8 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #294 of 400 ▼ 17 | #12 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #126 of 395 ▲ 22 | #5 of 21 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 710 | #264 of 442 | #13 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #281 of 388 | #16 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.1% | #389 of 389 | #19 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 405 | #2 of 22 |
Ranked against other public high 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
710
-107 (-13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 710 | 52.5 | 13.5:1 | 100% (710) |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 54.5 | 13.3:1 | 100% (727) |
| 2022-23 | 713 | 52 | 13.7:1 | 100% (713) |
| 2020-21 | 817 | 61 | 13.4:1 | 100% (817) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Passaic Preparatory Academy.
About Passaic Preparatory Academy
Passaic Preparatory Academy is a small high school with its address in Passaic, New Jersey. The school offers grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 710 students. On average, high schools in New Jersey enroll around 929, and this school is 24% below that mark.
A total of 19 schools make up Passaic City School District, with 11,877 students enrolled.
A large majority of enrollment at Passaic Preparatory Academy is Hispanic, at 96%. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 44%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Passaic Preparatory Academy scores 7%.
Teacher count: 52.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.5:1. The gap from the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey is 0.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. It compares with 61% for public schools in Passaic County.
On the allk12 Grade, Passaic Preparatory Academy lands at B+, ahead of 70% of New Jersey public high schools.
Passaic Preparatory Academy scores 22.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 34.3% actual versus 11.4% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Passaic County, median household income comes to about $87,522, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Passaic County, 155 public schools serve about 83,237 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Passaic Preparatory Academy from the closest public school, Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Passaic Preparatory Academy ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Passaic Preparatory Academy is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 107 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People who know Passaic Preparatory Academy can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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
- Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering0.0 mi · 650
- Passaic High School No. 120.3 mi · 2,484
- William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 110.4 mi · 805
- Casimir Pulaski School No. 80.4 mi · 77
- Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 200.4 mi · 742
- Thomas Jefferson School No. 10.4 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Passaic Preparatory AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Passaic Preparatory Academy?
Passaic Preparatory Academy enrolls approximately 710 students in grades 06-12.
Is Passaic Preparatory Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Passaic Preparatory Academy is a high school covering grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Passaic Preparatory Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Passaic Preparatory Academy is approximately 13.5:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Passaic Preparatory Academy?
Student demographics at Passaic Preparatory Academy are roughly 96% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Passaic Preparatory Academy?
Passaic Preparatory Academy 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.