Summary:
The Passaic County Manchester Regional High School District consists of a single high school, Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of New Jersey high schools over the past 3 school years, with a ranking between 364 and 380 out of 422-434 schools.
Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the state average. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 19.4% of 9th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 49.9%. In Algebra I, only 8.3% of students were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 38.2%. The school's graduation rate of 91.3% is slightly below the state average, while its dropout rate of 1.0% is lower than the state average.
The school serves a population with significant economic challenges, with 70.45% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. While the school's per-student spending of $13,765 is slightly higher than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio of 13.6 is slightly lower, the school's consistently low performance and high chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% suggest that the school may need to re-evaluate its resource allocation and funding priorities to better support student success.
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