Al-Ghazaly High School
in Wayne, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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966-980 Black Oak Ridge Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470, USA Print route »
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Al-Ghazaly High School in Wayne, in Passaic County, New Jersey, is one of the oldest Islamic high schools in the United States. The school was founded in 1984, and serves students in seventh through twelfth grades. The principal is Sr. Khaldiya Mustafa. The schools states their mission of the school is to mold its students into productive Islamic members of the community around and abroad. Most students at Al-Ghazaly High School come from Al-Ghazaly and Al Hikmah Elementary School, located at Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City and North 8th Street in Prospect Park, respectively.As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 345 students and 25.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1. The school's student body was 75.9% White, 22.9% Asian and 1.2% Black.
Al-Ghazaly's dress code has remained the same for many years to in order to show equality between students. Boys wear navy blue pants and white polo shirts while girls wear long navy blue Islamic dresses often referred to as "abaya" or "jilbab" and white headscarves.
