The Passaic Public Schools has a diverse student body, with the ethnicity of students on October 15, 2018 being Hispanic/Latino 12,837 (93.35%); Black 562 (4.09%); Asian 221 (1.61%); Pacific Islander 21 (0.15%); White 103 (0.75%); American Indian 8 (0.06%). There were also a total of 7,105 (51.62%) male students and 6,647 (48.33%) female students.

The chart that follows reflects in-district eligibility for free and reduced priced meals by grade-level compiled as of October 13, 2017 and as reported on the Application for State School Aid (ASSA). From the chart, one will note that most of our in-district students come from a low socio-economic background with 11,812 of the student body eligible for free meals and 603 eligible for reduced priced meals under the National School Breakfast & Lunch Program.  The District was eligible for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) which is a federal program under the USDA’s National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. It allows schools that predominantly serve low-income children to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students rather than collecting individual applications and limiting free and reduced-price lunches to income-eligible students. School eligibility for CEP is based on data from other federal programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Temporary Assistance Program for Needy Families (TANF).

Resident enrollment is the enrollment total utilized for state aid funding. This total includes all students counted on the roll/school district register, students in out-of-district placements, students in private schools, students on home instruction, less students enrolled in the early childhood education programs the last day preceding October 15 of each school year, and less students received.  This count also includes students whose legal residence is in the City of Passaic and are receiving instruction while in state facilities.

The following represents the changes in the resident enrollment in the Passaic Public Schools over the last ten (10) years.  The ten year comparison of resident enrollment reflects an increase of 2,147 students.