Preakness Early Childhood Center

The public elementary school Preakness Early Childhood Center is located in Wayne, New Jersey. It is open to students in pre-K through kindergarten and enrolls 177 students. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 56% lower.

Wayne Township Public School District oversees Preakness Early Childhood Center and 14 other schools, with 7,549 students in total.

White students make up 46% of enrollment at Preakness Early Childhood Center, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 27% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.

With 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.3:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1, 2.1 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 8% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 61% average for public schools in Passaic County.

For Passaic County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $87,522, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 155 public schools in the county, enrolling about 83,237, Preakness Early Childhood Center among them.

Among nearby public schools, Wayne Hills High School is closest at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Preakness Early Childhood Center.

Preakness Early Childhood Center has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 177, up from 146 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.3:1 to 9.3:1.

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