Etta Gero School # 9
140 First St
Passaic NJ, 07055, Passaic County
Phone: 973-470-5509
Ranking: (1,788 out of 1,847, bottom 3%)*
Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 4 to Grade 6
School District: Passaic City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 57 | 52 | 44 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 35 | |||||||
Total Students: | 777 | 763 | 718 | 649 | 628 | 539 | 560 | |||||||
Grade 4: | 135 | 17.4% | 175 | 22.9% | 192 | 26.7% | 198 | 30.5% | 167 | 26.6% | 154 | 28.6% | 159 | 28.4% |
Grade 5: | 275 | 35.4% | 214 | 28.0% | 174 | 24.2% | 162 | 25.0% | 145 | 23.1% | 142 | 26.3% | 149 | 26.6% |
Grade 6: | 333 | 42.9% | 320 | 41.9% | 157 | 21.9% | 137 | 21.1% | 146 | 23.2% | 100 | 18.6% | 115 | 20.5% |
Ungraded: | 34 | 4.4% | 54 | 7.1% | 65 | 9.1% | 53 | 8.2% | 57 | 9.1% | 41 | 7.6% | 39 | 7.0% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 382 | 49.2% | 378 | 49.5% | 359 | 50.0% | 341 | 52.5% | 326 | 51.9% | 263 | 48.8% | 260 | 46.4% |
Female: | 395 | 50.8% | 385 | 50.5% | 359 | 50.0% | 308 | 47.5% | 302 | 48.1% | 276 | 51.2% | 296 | 52.9% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Hispanic: | 737 | 94.9% | 726 | 95.2% | 681 | 94.8% | 617 | 95.1% | 588 | 93.6% | 507 | 94.1% | 532 | 95.0% |
Black: | 31 | 4.0% | 33 | 4.3% | 32 | 4.5% | 27 | 4.2% | 36 | 5.7% | 30 | 5.6% | 26 | 4.6% |
White: | 8 | 1.0% | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.8% | 4 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 719 | 92.5% | 613 | 80.3% | 654 | 91.1% | 618 | 95.2% | 586 | 93.3% | 475 | 88.1% | 496 | 88.6% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 30 | 3.9% | 15 | 2.0% | 17 | 2.4% | 19 | 2.9% | 20 | 3.2% | 39 | 7.2% | 44 | 7.9% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.73 | 14.79 | 16.46 | 18.03 | 16.97 | 11.20 | 16.00 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 36.7% | 49.9% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 51.7% | 59.9% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 43.2% | 54.8% | 82.4% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 46.9% | 54.6% | 83.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 60% | 64.8% | 86.1% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 18.9% | 29.1% | 62.9% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 20.2% | 26.6% | 59.8% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 25.7% | 33.4% | 63.0% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 31.9% | 35.6% | 66.7% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 31.6% | 52.5% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 44.3% | 59.7% | 82.5% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 53.0% | 63.6% | 86.8% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 54.8% | 64.7% | 87.3% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 55.9% | 65.9% | 86.8% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 35.8% | 51.0% | 75.4% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 46.9% | 55.2% | 78.3% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 39.8% | 58% | 78.9% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 44% | 51.2% | 78.4% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 37.8% | 48.6% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 45.8% | 54.6% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 55.0% | 60.0% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 45.9% | 50.7% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 45.6% | 54.6% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 54.3% | 56.9% | 82.7% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 28.1% | 30.4% | 63.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 26.8% | 29.5% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 29.6% | 30.2% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 23% | 28.0% | 58.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 19.6% | 29.7% | 59.4% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 20.4% | 35.0% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 38.9% | 44.2% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 45% | 58.6% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 47.6% | 54.1% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 38.3% | 54.8% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 59.0% | 61.5% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 35.6% | 45.7% | 73.1% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 56.4% | 59.4% | 77.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 48.2% | 60.0% | 79.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 51.4% | 60.9% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 46.4% | 63.1% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 34.7% | 50.1% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 30.7% | 48.2% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 33.3% | 51.7% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 55.4% | 59.5% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 70.9% | 73.8% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 78.5% | 82.4% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 58.3% | 68.4% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 57.7% | 71.4% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 62.0% | 72.1% | 89.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 61.4% | 67.8% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 14.5% | 27.2% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 27.7% | 30.7% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 28.5% | 34.7% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 21.1% | 28.2% | 60.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 33.3% | 30.6% | 62.1% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 27.3% | 35.5% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 50.6% | 64.5% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 29.3% | 53.1% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 56.1% | 58.2% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 50.7% | 56.6% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 56.7% | 66.8% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 55.2% | 66.4% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 50.0% | 64.5% | 79.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 58.2% | 54.8% | 75.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 18.2% | 26.3% | 57.3% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 28.1% | 42.1% | 70.1% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 31.6% | 35.7% | 65.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 30.2% | 38.8% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 32.0% | 34.2% | 66.2% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 57.4% | 64.3% | 79% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 41.3% | 49.7% | 72.2% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 27.8% | 44.9% | 71.2% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 45.9% | 50.5% | 72.1% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 45.3% | 56.5% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 55.5% | 55.5% | 78.9% |
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* Etta Gero School # 9 was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.