Passaic City School District

Passaic City School District is a comprehensive community public school district located in Passaic, New Jersey, United States, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide,[3] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[4][5]

Passaic City School District
Address
101 Passaic Avenue
Passaic, NJ 07055
United States
Coordinates40.856981°N 74.128364°W / 40.856981; -74.128364
District information
GradesPreK to 12
SuperintendentPablo Muñoz
Business administratorErlinda R. Arellano
Schools17
Affiliation(s)Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment14,504 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty839.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio17.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupA
Websitewww.passaicschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$23,21294$18,89122.9%
1Budgetary Cost16,9448914,78314.6%
2Classroom Instruction9,934898,76313.4%
6Support Services3,5721002,39249.3%
8Administrative Cost1,368361,485−7.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,742611,783−2.3%
13Extracurricular Activities1002268−62.7%
16Median Teacher Salary67,4236764,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising 17 schools, had an enrollment of 14,504 students and 839.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.3:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9][10]

Preschools
  • Vincent Capuana School No. 15[11] (277; PreK)
    • Janet Drago, Principal
  • Sallie D. Gamble School No. 16[12] (465; PreK)
    • Dr. Terrence Love, Principal
Elementary schools
  • Thomas Jefferson School No. 1[13] (788; K-8)
    • Karen Fragale, Principal
  • George Washington School No. 2 (172; K-1)
  • Mario J. Drago School No. 3 (formerly Franklin School)[14] (803; PreK-8)
    • Diana Kattak, Principal
  • Benito Juárez School No. 5[15] (472; K-8)
    • Steven Cruz, Principal
  • Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6[16] (1,124; PreK-8)
    • Stacey Bruce, Principal
  • Ulysses S. Grant School No. 7[17] (391; PreK-1)
    • Gulamhussein Janoowalla, Principal
  • Casimir Pulaski School No. 8[18] (%32; PreK-8)
    • Emmanuel Morales, Principal
  • Etta Gero School No. 9[19] (690; 2-8)
    • Leandra Ragone, Principal
  • Theodore Roosevelt School No. 10[20] (905; PreK-8)
    • Luis Colon, Principal
  • William B. Cruise Veterans Memorial School No. 11[21] (1,253; K-8)
    • Manuel Negron, Principal
  • Daniel F. Ryan School No. 19[22] (874; PreK/2-8)
    • Fawzi Naji, Principal
  • Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20[23] (959; 2-8)
    • John Mellody, Principal
  • Sonia Sotomayor School No. 21[24] (; PreK-5)
    • Tiffany Allen, Principal
Middle / high school
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[28]

  • Pablo Muñoz, Superintendent[29]
  • Erlinda R. Arellano, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[30]

Board of education

The district's board of education, with nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held as part of the April school election.[31] As one of the 13 districts statewide with school elections in April, voters also decide on passage of the annual school budget.[32][33][34]

References
  1. District information for Passaic City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. Abbott School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 1, 2020.
  4. What We Do, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2020.
  5. SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2020.
  6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 21, 2014.
  7. School Data for the Passaic City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  8. [http://finder.passaicschools.org/find/districtmap District Map, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  9. New Jersey School Directory for the Passaic Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  10. Passaic County 2018-19 Public School Directory, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  11. Vincent Capuana School No. 15, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  12. Sallie D. Gamble School No. 16, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  13. Thomas Jefferson School No. 1, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  14. Mario J. Drago School No. 3, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  15. Benito Juárez School No. 5, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  16. Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  17. Ulysses S. Grant School No. 7, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  18. Casimir Pulaski School No. 8, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  19. Etta Gero School No. 9, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  20. Theodore Roosevelt School No. 10, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  21. William B. Cruise Veterans Memorial School No. 11, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  22. Daniel F. Ryan School No. 19, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  23. Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  24. Sonia Sotomayor School No. 21, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  25. Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  26. Passaic Preparatory Academy, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  27. Passaic High School, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  28. New Jersey School Directory for Passaic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  29. Superintendent of Schools, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020
  30. Business Office, Passaic City Schools. Accessed April 5, 2020.
  31. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
  32. Mazzola, Jessica. "13 N.J school districts held elections Tuesday and - surprise! - hardly anyone voted. See how bad it was", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 18, 2018, updated May 14, 2019. Accessed February 17, 2020. "The rest of their 530 counterparts across the state have switched to November elections – most made the change immediately after a 2012 law allowing school district votes to move from April to the fall, held in tandem with the general election. But voters in 13 New Jersey towns went to the polls Tuesday to cast votes for their local boards of education, and in most cases, on whether or not to pass the district budgets."
  33. Board of Education Members, Garfield Public Schools. Accessed March 25, 2020.
  34. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Passaic City School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed April 5, 2020. "The district's Board has nine (9) members that are elected for three (3) year overlapping terms. The members of the Board are residents of the City of Passaic, The Passaic Board of Education is annually organized on any day of the first or second week following the April school election."
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