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ExplorePassaic City School District

Regular

Suburb

NCES ID: 3412540

Passaic City School District

Passaic, NJ

Source: NCES CCD + U.S. Census (open-source sync)

Year: 2025

Coverage: 100.0% (19281/19281)

Dataset refreshed: Feb 24, 2026

Enrollment

12,012

-0.6%YoY

Graduation Rate

92.8%

+6.3%vs. State

Per-Pupil Spending

$25,678

+39.2%vs. State

Student-Teacher Ratio

12.5:1

+0.8%vs. State

Free/Reduced Lunch

100.0%

+0.5%vs. State

English Language Learners

4.8%

-69.0%vs. State

Child Poverty Rate

20.7%

+81.6%vs. State

District vs. Benchmarks

Key metrics compared to state and national averages (% of national avg)

Enrollment Trend

5-year enrollment history-2.2%

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