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District: PASSAIC CITY (3970)
Operating Type K-12 / 3501 + Pupils
County: PASSAIC
Operating Type K-12 / 3501 + Pupils Summary:

State Level Summary:
Total Spending Per Pupil (Definition)
2014-15 Total Spending: $325,070,964
2014-15 Average Daily Enroll plus Sent Pupils: 14,643.8
2014-15 Costs Amount per Pupil: $22,199
2015-16 Total Spending: $347,103,454
2015-16 Average Daily Enroll plus Sent Pupils: 14,874
2015-16 Costs Amount per Pupil: $23,336
Summary of Vital Statistics (Definition)
2015-16 Total Spending Per Pupil: $23,336
Revenue Sources, State: 82%
Revenue Sources, Local Taxes: 4.8%
Revenue Sources, Federal: 4.2%
Revenue Sources, Tuition: 0%
Revenue Sources, Use of Fund Balance: 7.6%
Revenue Sources, Other: 1.4%
Fall 2015 Certified Staff:
  Student/Teacher Ratio: 12.5
  Student/Support Ratio: 90.6
  Student/Administrator Ratio: 169.7
10/15/15 % of Classified Students to Total Students: 12.7%
Budgetary Per Pupil Cost (Definition)
2014-15 Actual Costs Amount per Pupil: $16,216
2014-15 Actual Costs Rank Within Group per Pupil: 90|103
2015-16 Actual Costs Amount per Pupil: $16,092
2015-16 Actual Costs Rank Within Group per Pupil: 81|103
2016-17 Budgeted Costs Amount Per Pupil: $17,801
2016-17 Budgeted Costs Rank Within Group Per Pupil: 88|101
Total Classroom Instruction (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $9,594
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 87|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 59.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 actual costs): $9,399
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 actual costs): 75|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 58.4%
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 budget): $10,172
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2016-17 budget): 85|101
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 57.1%
Classroom Salaries and Benefits (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $8,875
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 83|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 54.7%
% of Classroom Salaries and Benefits to Total Classroom Instruction Costs (2014-15): 92.5%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 actual costs): $8,717
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 actual costs): 69|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 54.2%
% of Classroom Salaries and Benefits to Total Classroom Instruction Costs (2015-16): 92.7%
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 budget): $9,433
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2016-17 budget): 82|101
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 53%
%% of Classroom Salaries and Benefits to Total Classroom Instruction Costs (2016-17): 92.7%
Classroom Supplies/Textbooks (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $448
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 95|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 2.8%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 actual costs): $484
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 actual costs): 97|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 3%
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 budget): $430
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2016-17 budget): 90|101
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 2.4%
Classroom Purchased Services/Other Costs (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $271
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 76|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 1.7%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 actual costs): $198
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 actual costs): 55|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 1.2%
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 budget): $309
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2016-17 budget): 74|101
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 1.7%
Total Support Services (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $3,216
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 95|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 19.8%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 actual costs): $3,143
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 actual costs): 94|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 19.5%
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 budget): $3,450
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2016-17 budget): 94|101
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 19.4%
Salaries and Benefits for Support Services (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $2,498
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 90|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 15.4%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Support Services Salaries and Benefits (2014-15): 77.7%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 actual costs): $2,424
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 actual costs): 83|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 15.1%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Support Services Salaries and Benefits (2015-16): 77.1%
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 budget): $2,653
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2016-17 budget): 83|101
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 14.9%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Support Services Salaries and Benefits (2016-17): 76.9%
Total Administration (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $1,474
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 57|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 9.1%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 actual costs): $1,565
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 actual costs): 64|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 9.7%
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 budget): $1,684
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2016-17 budget): 72|101
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 9.5%
Legal Services (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $20
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 15|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 0.1%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 actual costs): $20
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 actual costs): 11|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 0.1%
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 budget): $18
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2016-17 budget): 5|101
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 0.1%
Administration Salaries and Benefits (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $1,314
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 74|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 8.1%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Salaries and Benefits for Administration (2014-15): 89.1%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 actual costs): $1,417
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 actual costs): 83|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 8.8%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Salaries and Benfits for Administration (2015-16): 90.5%
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 budget): $1,488
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2016-17 budget): 87|101
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 8.4%
% of Total Salaries and Benefits to Salaries and Benefits for Administration (2016-17): 88.4%
Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $1,620
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 56|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 10%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 actual costs): $1,651
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 actual costs): 57|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 10.3%
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 budget): $2,113
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2016-17 budget): 81|101
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 11.9%
Salaries and Benefits for Operations and Maintenance of Plant (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $757
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 36|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 4.7%
to % of Salaries and Benefits for Operations to Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant Costs (2014-15): 46.7%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 actual costs): $783
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 actual costs): 37|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 4.9%
to % of Salaries and Benefits for Operations to Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant Costs (2015-16): 47.4%
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 budget): $830
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2016-17 budget): 40|101
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 4.7%
to % of Salaries and Benefits for Operations to Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant Costs (2016-17): 39.3%
Board Contributions to the Food Service Program (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): N.R.
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 0%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 actual costs): $
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 actual costs): N.R.
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 0%
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 budget): $
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2016-17 budget): N.R.
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 0%
Extracurricular Costs (Definition)
Per Pupil Amount (2014-15 actual costs): $127
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2014-15 actual costs): 10|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2014-15): 0.8%
Per Pupil Amount (2015-16 actual costs): $152
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2015-16 actual costs): 16|103
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2015-16): 0.9%
Per Pupil Amount (2016-17 budget): $159
Per Pupil Ranking Within Group* (2016-17 budget): 15|101
% of Budgetary Cost Per Pupil (2016-17): 0.9%
Personal Services - Employee Benefits (Definition)
% of Total Salaries (2014-15): 29.1%
% of Total Salaries (2015-16): 30%
% of Total Salaries (2016-17): 33.1%
Total Equipment Cost (Definition)
Per Pupil Costs (2014-15): $34
Per Pupil Costs (2015-16): $115
Per Pupil Costs (2016-17): $20
Ratio of Students to Classroom Teachers and Median Classroom Teacher Salary (Definition)
Student to Teacher Ratio (2015-16): 12.5
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2015-16): 37|103
Median Teacher Salary (2015-16): $64,923
Salary Ranking Within Group (2015-16): 45|103
Student to Teacher Ratio (2016-17): 13.1
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2016-17): 36|101
Median Teacher Salary (2016-17): $69,298
Salary Ranking Within Group (2016-17): 56|101
Ratio of Students to Educational Support Personnel and Median Salary (Definition)
Student to Support Service Ratio (2015-16): 90.6
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2015-16): 20|103
Median Support Service Salary (2015-16): $88,754
Salary Ranking Within Group (2015-16): 87|103
Student to Support Service Ratio (2016-17): 102.4
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2016-17): 12|101
Median Support Service Salary (2016-17): $99,670
Salary Ranking (2016-17): 99|101
Ratio of Students to Administrative Personnel and Median Salary (Definition)
Student to Administrator Ratio (2015-16): 169.7
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2015-16): 55|103
Median Administrator Salary (2015-16): $131,463
Salary Ranking Within Group (2015-16): 64|103
Student to Administrator Ratio (2016-17): 167.6
Ratio Ranking Within Group (2016-17): 62|101
Median Administrator Salary (2016-17): $131,531
Salary Ranking Within Group (2016-17): 59|101
Ratio of Faculty to Administrative Personnel (Definition)
Faculty to Administrator Ratio (2015-16): 15.4
Faculty to Administrator Ranking Within Group (2015-16): 68|103
Faculty to Administrator Ratio (2016-17): 14.4
Faculty to Administrator Ranking Within Group (2016-17): 74|101
Comparison of Budgeted General Fund Balance vs. Actual (Used) or Generated (Definition)
General Fund Balance (2014-15): $50,636,437
2014-15 Actual: $5,764,676
General Fund Balance (2015-16): $56,401,113
2015-16 Actual: $-3,912,222
General Fund Excess Surplus (Definition)
Actual Excess (2014-15): $0
Actual Excess (2015-16): $0

* Districts that did not report any values (N.R.), and those that moved from a different enrollment group (N.A.) are excluded from the rankings.