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, serving students in

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through

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s from

Passaic Passaic ( or ) is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city had a total population of 70,537, ranking as the 16th largest municipality in New Jersey and an increase of 656 from the 69, ...

, in Passaic County,

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, United States, operating as part of the

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 statew ...

. The school has been accredited by the

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Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1927.Passaic High School

Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed May 15, 2022. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,642 students and 162.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 16.3:1. There were 2,564 students (97.0% of enrollment) eligible for

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and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Passaic High School No. 12

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. Accessed December 1, 2022.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 317th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''

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'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 282nd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 313th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 312th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 310th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.

History

Passaic High School's first graduating class, in 1873, had eight students, who attended the Acquackanonk District School. The first Passaic High School was constructed in 1886–87 at the corner of Lafayette Avenue and Bloomfield Avenue (now Broadway). The district's second high school was built in 1910 across the street from the original building on Lafayette Avenue. The present high school on Paulison Avenue was completed in May 1957.

Athletics

The Passaic High School IndiansPassaic High School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the

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, which is comprised of public and private high schools in

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and Passaic counties, and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the

. For the 2009–10 school year, the school was part of the North Jersey Tri-County Conference, a conference established on an interim basis to facilitate the realignment. Prior to the realignment in 2009, the school competed in Division B of the

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(NNJIL) which included public and private high schools located in

and Passaic counties. With 2,396 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Liberty Blue division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group V North for football for 2018–2020. Between 1915 and 1924,

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coached the school's basketball team to a 200–1 record. Passaic was unbeaten for 159 games over more than five seasons, a feat which is considered to be the longest winning streak in basketball history. The boys' basketball team won the Group IV state championship in 1920-1922 (defeating

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in the tournament final in each of the three years), 1923 (vs.

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), 1925 (vs. Union Hill High School) and 1929 (vs.

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); the four consecutive state championships won from 1920 to 1923 are tied for the most by any public school program in the state. A crowd of 3,000 watched the 1925 championship game at the Newark Armory, where the team won the Class A (since recategorized as Group IV) title with a 32-25 win against Union Hill. The 1929 team won the state title in Class A (now Group IV) with a 34-25 win against Atlantic City in the championship game, in a match-up that was close at the half until Passaic pulled away with a third quarter in which they outscored Atlantic City by an 11-1 margin. The team won the 2001 North I, Group IV state sectional championship, edging Teaneck High School 64–62 in the tournament final. The boys cross country running team won the All-Group Public state championship in 1924, 1925 and 1927, won the Group A state championship in 1928-1931 and won the All-Group state title in 1932-1934 and 1944. The program's eight state titles are ranked ninth in the state. The football team won the North I Group IV state championship in 1981-1983, 1985 and 1989. The 1981 team finished the season with a record of 11-0 after winning the North I Group IV sectional title with a 29-0 win in the championship game against

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played at

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scored all of his team's points and took the state scoring title as the 1982 team defeated

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by a score of 21-0 in the championship game to win the North I Group IV sectional title and finish the season at 9-2. Behind three touchdowns by Heyward, the 1983 team finished the season 11-0 and was ranked third in the nation by ''

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'' after winning the North I Group IV title with a 24-13 win against North Bergen in front of a crowd of ten thousand in the championship game. The school has maintained a rivalry with Clifton High School, which was listed by ''

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'' as one of the best in Bergen and Passaic counties; though the schools first faced each other before then, from 1950 through the 2017 season, Clifton is ahead with a 39-20-2 record in games between the two schools. The boys track team won the Group IV spring track state championship in 1986.

Extracurricular activities

Passaic High School hosts one of the largest Navy

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(NJROTC) programs in the country. In 2004 the unit was awarded the Navy's Unit Achievement award, and in both the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school years was recognized with the Distinguished Unit Award. Also in 2006 and 2007, under the command of Chelsea Woodson, the unit's Color Guard drill team won First Place at the National JROTC Championship in

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. Also in 2007 at the National Drill Championship in Daytona Florida Senior Yasser Acosta earned a Fourth Place trophy for Platoon Armed. In 2008, the unarmed exhibition team under the command of Senior, Anthony Palma, came in a strong fourth-place finish on a national level in Daytona Beach, Florida. This second only to Karla Ramos 4th-place trophy earned in 2004. In 2006, at the USSBA National Championships at

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, Passaic High School was recognized with the Best Percussion National Championship title and the Best Color Guard National Championship title in Class V. Also winning national Championship at USBANDS National Championship, 2012 with their Performance ¨bound¨ PHS Marching band shows 2008–present *2008 - The Heist *2009 - The Machine *2010 - Spartacus *2011 - The Kingdom Fit for Two *2012 - Bound *2013 - Tribal Effect *2014 - The Uninvited *2015 - Power *2016 - House of Cards/The Gambler *2017 - Deja Vu' *2018 - Dare to dream *2019 - Between the keys *2021 - Re-"Bound"

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: *Jeannette Torres-Gomez, Principal *Reynaldo Acevedo, Assistant Principal *Jennifer Barker, Assistant Principal *Daniel Lungren, Assistant Principal *Anthony Maisonet, Assistant Principal *Graciella Romero, Assistant Principal

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Passaic High School include: * Rita Deanin Abbey (1930–2021), multidisciplinary

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ist who was among the first art professors at the

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Jorge Acosta Jorge Acosta (born May 29, 1964) is a Colombian-born American retired soccer forward. He spent most of his career in the lower U.S. divisions, as well as four in the Colombian first division. He also earned twelve caps with the U.S. national ...

(born 1964), retired

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forward, who played for the U.S. national team. * Jim Castiglia (1918-2007), fullback who played in the

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for the

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and the

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. * George Feifer (1934–2019), journalist, novelist, and historian, known for his autobiographical novels chronicling life in the Soviet Union. * Nicholas Felice (1927–2021), politician who represented the 40th Legislative District in the

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from 1982 to 2002. *

Amod Field Amod Lloyd Field (born October 11, 1967) is a former American football wide receiver who played one season with the Phoenix Cardinals of the National Football League. He played college football at Montclair State University and attended Passaic H ...

(born 1967), former NFL wide receiver who played one season with the Phoenix Cardinals. * Rosemarie Fisher, gastroenterologist. *

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(1880–1969), founder of

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* Rafe Gomez (born ), business writer, sales support consultant, lecturer, music producer and DJ. * Hezekiah Griggs (born 1988), entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor. *

Steve Hamas Steven Vincent Hamas (January 9, 1907 – October 11, 1974), also known as Hurricane and the Passaic Pounder, was an American football player and boxer. He was a multi-sport athlete at Pennsylvania State University in the late 1920s, receiving 12 ...

(1907–1974), professional football player in the

who turned to professional boxing, defeating former heavyweight champions

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and Max Schmelling. *

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:(1949–1970), running back at

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who was killed in the 1970 Marshall University Football team plane crash. *

(1966–2006), a

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who was a

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candidate in 1987 and played for the

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, St. Louis Rams, and

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in an 11-year

career. *

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(born 1981), former

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who competed from 2001 to 2013, and held the

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junior welterweight title from 2008 to 2009. * Dennis Johnson (born 1951), former NFL

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who played for the

and

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. *

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(1918–1989), football player, who was elected to the

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in 1979. * Paul J. Lioy (1947–2015),

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scientist who worked in the field of

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. * William J. Martini (born 1947),

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judge who represented

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in Congress. *

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(born 1950), football

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who played in the NFL for the

and the

. * Ron Mikolajczyk (born 1950), retired professional

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and retired

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, who played in the NFL for the

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. * Bill Mokray (1907–1974), basketball historian and statistician enshrined in the

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in 1965 as a contributor to the sport. * Roland Moss (born 1946), former

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who played for three seasons in the NFL. * Nairo (born 1996), former professional Super Smash Bros. player. *

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(1912–1999), Justice of the

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, and before that a judge on

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and

Mayor of Passaic, New Jersey Mayors of Passaic, New Jersey Most recent first: * Hector Carlos Lora, 2016 to present (interim mayor, November 17, 2016; elected to regular term May 9, 2017) * Alex Blanco, November 2008 to the day he pleaded guilty and was convicted on federal ...

. * Sam Perry (born c. 1945),

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athlete who held the world record for the 60-yard dash and who was twice United States champion at that event. * Stuart Rabner (born 1960), Chief Justice of the

* John Roosma (1900–1983), captain of

's "Wonder Teams" who became the first college player to total 1,000 points for his career while at the

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. * Mark Rosenberg (1948–1992), film producer whose works included ''

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''. * Víctor Santos (born 1976),

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who has played for the

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, Texas Rangers and

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. * Zalman Shapiro (1920–2016),

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and inventor who played a key role in the development of the reactor that powered the world's first

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, ''

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''. *

The Shirelles The Shirelles were an American girl group formed in Passaic, New Jersey in 1957. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley Owens (later Shirley Alston Reeves), Doris Coley (later Doris Kenner-Jackson), Addie "Micki" Harris (later Addie Harris McFad ...

, the first major female vocal group of the rock and roll era and the first girl group to have a number one single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. * Mark Stevens (born 1962), former professional football

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who played in the CFL for the Montreal Concordes / Alouettes and the NFL for the

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. * Tyronne Stowe (born 1965), former NFL linebacker. *

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(1948–2010), former

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who played ten seasons from 1971 to 1980 for the

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and

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in the

. * Alvin Tresselt (1916–2000, class of 1934), author of children's books and editor of '' Humpty Dumpty'' magazine. * Paul L. Troast (1894–1972, class of 1908), building contractor, chairman of the

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during its construction, and failed gubernatorial candidate in 1953. * Rahshon Turner (born 1975), professional basketball player who is a veteran of the European leagues, playing for teams in the Netherlands, France, Israel, and Spain.Jensen, Sean
"They've Got Game, But Few Get A Shot"
''

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'', June 30, 1998. Accessed October 17, 2017. "One of Grier's Skyhawks teammates is Rahshon Turner, a former Passaic High player who still calls Grier 'coach.'"

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Passaic High SchoolPassaic City School District
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School Data for the Passaic City School District

{{Authority control Passaic, New Jersey 1873 establishments in New Jersey Educational institutions established in 1873 Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools Public high schools in Passaic County, New Jersey