Public schools in Wayne, NJ

Wayne has 17 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 12,154 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Wayne Township Public Schools runs 15 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 2 districts and agencies that run Wayne's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in WayneDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Wayne Township Public Schools157,746$27,309
Passaic County Technical-Vocational Schools24,388$30,765

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Wayne, 6,968 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Passaic County Technical Institute3,56511.151.0%Passaic County Technical-Vocational Schools
Wayne Valley High School1,2019.88.8%Wayne Township Public Schools
Wayne Hills High School1,1629.67.9%Wayne Township Public Schools
Diana C. Lobosco STEM Academy1,04012.536.7%Passaic County Technical-Vocational Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Wayne, 1,760 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Schuyler Colfax Middle School6509.68.0%Wayne Township Public Schools
Anthony Wayne Middle School6179.08.9%Wayne Township Public Schools
George Washington Middle School4938.614.8%Wayne Township Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

10 elementary schools in Wayne, 3,426 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Theunis Dey Elementary School45913.74.6%Wayne Township Public Schools
Packanack Elementary School40813.56.1%Wayne Township Public Schools
John F. Kennedy Elementary School38711.912.4%Wayne Township Public Schools
James Fallon Elementary School37013.08.6%Wayne Township Public Schools
Pines Lake Elementary School35611.87.9%Wayne Township Public Schools
Randall Carter Elementary School35112.712.8%Wayne Township Public Schools
Albert Payson Terhune Elementary34712.37.8%Wayne Township Public Schools
Lafayette Elementary School32114.17.5%Wayne Township Public Schools
Ryerson Elementary School2509.223.2%Wayne Township Public Schools
Preakness Early Childhood Center1779.35.6%Wayne Township Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Wayne's public schools compare with New Jersey's

The median Wayne school has 11.8 students per full-time teacher, more than the New Jersey median of 11.3. 5.9% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 31% across the state. Its median school enrolls 408 students (state 435).

Wayne against New Jersey, schools open in 2024-25 with students
WayneNew Jersey
Median students per teacher11.811.3
Median school size (students)408435
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)5.9%31%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%8.1%
Charter schools0%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 17 Wayne schools and the 2,480 New Jersey schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Wayne

  1. Wayne Township Public SchoolsRuns 15 of Wayne's 17 public schools and spent $27,309 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$27,309
  2. Passaic County Technical Institute, the largest high school in Wayne3,565 students in 2024-25, 11.1 per teacher.3,565
  3. Compare Wayne Township Public Schools with Passaic County Technical-Vocational SchoolsWayne's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in New JerseyNew Jersey's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Wayne addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in New Jersey

  1. Newark78 schools
  2. Jersey City52 schools
  3. Paterson46 schools
  4. Elizabeth38 schools
  5. Trenton34 schools
  6. Hamilton26 schools
  7. Camden22 schools
  8. East Orange21 schools

Questions about schools in Wayne

  1. How many public schools are in Wayne, NJ?
    17 public schools with an address in Wayne were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 12,154 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Wayne?
    Passaic County Technical Institute, with 3,565 students in 2024-25 (Passaic County Technical-Vocational Schools).
  3. Which districts run Wayne's schools?
    Wayne Township Public Schools (15 schools), Passaic County Technical-Vocational Schools (2 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .