Collegiate School (New Jersey)

Private school in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States

This article is about the Passaic, New Jersey school founded in 1895. For other uses, see Collegiate School.

Collegiate School

Location

22 Kent Court

Passaic

Passaic County

07055

United States

Coordinates| 40°51′12″N 74°07′58″W﻿ / ﻿40.8532°N 74.1328°W﻿ / 40.8532; -74.1328
Information
Type| Private, Day
Motto| Ut Sapientia Crescamus
(In order that we may increase in knowledge)
Established| 1895
NCES School ID| 00868236[1]
Faculty| 8.1 FTEs[1]
Grades| PK-12
Gender| coeducational
Enrollment| 38 (plus 59 in PreK, as of 2021–22)[1]
Student to teacher ratio| 4.7:1[1]
Accreditation| MSA
Affiliations| NJAIS
Website| collegiateschoolpassaic.org

Collegiate School is a private coeducational day school located in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Established in 1895, the school serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The school has an enrollment of about 160 students. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1974.[2]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 38 students (plus 59 in PreK) and 8.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 4.7:1. The school's student body was 68.4% (3) Hispanic, 15.8% (6) White, 7.9% (3) Asian, 5.3% (2) Black and 2.6% (1) two or more races.[1]

The school aims to provide "a safe, individual oriented environment that stresses basic skills, positive attitudes, values and academic growth." Collegiate is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.[3]

## Notable alumni

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* Frances Goodrich (1890–1984), dramatist and screenwriter, best known for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett[4]
* Carl Ruiz (1975–2019), restaurant owner and celebrity chef, best known as a judge on various cooking competition shows on the Food Network[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e School data for Collegiate School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2023.
2. ^ Collegiate School of Passaic[permanent dead link‍], Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed March 10, 2012.
3. ^ List of Member Schools, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed August 10, 2017.
4. ^ Goodrich, Frances, American National Biography Online. Accessed August 17, 2017. "She graduated from Passaic Collegiate School in 1908 and enrolled at Vassar College, graduating in 1912."
5. ^ Padilla, Mariel. "Carl Ruiz, Celebrity Chef and Restaurateur, Dies at 44; He made frequent appearances on the Food Network as a competitive chef and celebrity judge.", The New York Times, September 22, 2019. Accessed September 23, 2019. "Carl Albert Ruiz was born on April 4, 1975, in Passaic, and graduated from Collegiate School in Passaic and then from the Institute of Culinary Education in New York."

## External links

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* Official site

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Passaic, New Jersey

Education|

* Passaic City School District
* Passaic High School
* Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering
* Collegiate School
* Yeshiva Gedola of Passaic
* Passaic County Community College Passaic campus

Landmarks|

* St. Mary's General Hospital

History|

* 1926 Passaic textile strike
* film

Mayors|

* Mayors

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Public and private high schools of Passaic County, New Jersey

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* HARP Academy
* Hawthorne
* International
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* Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
* Lakeland Regional
* Manchester Regional
* Panther Academy
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* Passaic
* Passaic Tech
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* Passaic Valley Regional
* Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology
* Pompton Lakes
* Rosa L. Parks
* Wayne Hills
* Wayne Valley
* West Milford

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* Al-Ghazaly
* Al-Huda
* Collegiate
* DePaul Catholic
* Eastern Christian
* Hawthorne Christian Academy
* Mary Help of Christians
* Mesivta Zichron Baruch
* Paterson Catholic
* Pioneer Academy

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* Don Bosco Technical High School (closed 2002)
* Neumann Preparatory School (closed 1990)
* Paterson Catholic High School (closed 2010)
* Paul VI High School (closed 1970)
* Pope Pius XII High School (closed 1983)

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