William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11

Located at 390 Gregory Ave., in Passaic, New Jersey, William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11 is a sizable K-5 school that caters to 805 students (grades K through 8), part of Passaic City School District. That puts it 99% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11 is one of 19 schools operated by Passaic City School District, a district that serves 11,877 students overall.

In terms of who attends, William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11 shows that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Passaic County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11 logs 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Passaic County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 11.6%, the actual is 15.3%, a residual of +3.7 points.

In the area at large, Passaic County reports that median household income runs about $87,522, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11 comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.0%.

William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11 operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11 has decreased 24%, going from 1,064 students in 2018 to 805 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On this page, members of the William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11 community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.