| Al-Ghazaly Junior/Senior High School | |
| Streetaddress: | 970 Black Oak Ridge Road |
| City: | Wayne |
| State: | NJ |
| County: | (Passaic County) |
| Zipcode: | 07471 |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 40.9732°N -74.2724°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Passaic County#USA New Jersey |
| Religion: | Muslim religion |
| Oversight: | Islamic Education Fund of New Jersey |
| Principal: | Omar Muhammad[1] |
| School Code: | 310594 |
| Classes Offered: | AP Biology, AP Physics B, AP Calculus (AB and BC), AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP World History, AP US History, AP Environmental Science |
| Avg Class Size: | 30 |
| Type: | Private, Coeducational |
| Fees: | $350 Book fees |
| Tuition: | $15.5k each |
| Grades: | 7–12 |
| Motto: | Never Give Up |
| Team Name: | Warriors |
| Newspaper: | SNAP |
| Established: | 1984 |
| Enrollment: | 353 (as of 2021–22) |
| Faculty: | 38.8 FTEs |
| Ratio: | 9.1:1 |
| Us Nces School Id: | A0502296 |
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 Br.Omar Muhammad. 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 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 353 students and 38.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.1:1. The school's student body was 56.7% (200) White, 28.3% (100) Asian, 10.2% (36) two or more races, 2.8% (10) Hispanic and 2% (7) Black.[2]
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" and red/maroon headscarves often referred to as "jilbab".
Between 1984 and 2013, Al-Ghazaly was located on 441 North Street in Teaneck, New Jersey. The new facility in Wayne (formerly Neumann Preparatory School and Lake View Learning Center) opened its doors to students in September 2013, with the Teaneck facility repurposed to serve students in pre-Kindergarten through third grade.[3]
The students at Al-Ghazaly study standard subjects, such as math (from algebra to calculus), English, science, history. Additionally, the school includes Arabic, Quran (memorization of the holy book), tafsir (analyzing/finding deep meaning to Quran), and Islamic studies as part of the curriculum. In Islamic studies, the students learn the morals and teachings of Islam, Sunna and shariah.
The students pray Zuhr together every day, and on Fridays, they have a Khateeb (imam) preach to them, after which they pray Jumu'ah.
Al Ghazaly offers Forensics, Model UN, Beta Club, Art Club, Mock Trial, Model Congress, Science Olympiad, Math League, and many other extracurriculars. Students partake in random acts of kindness. Ghazaly's basketball team is the Ghazaly Warriors.
With the opening of the new school building, new sports team are being founded by the students, including a boys and girls soccer team and a flag football team.