Al-Ghazaly High School

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 current principal is Hayat Jaludi. 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 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 316 students and 39.8 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 7.9:1. The school's student body was 63.9% White, 31.6% Asian, 3.2% Hispanic and 1.3% 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" and red/maroon headscarves often referred to as "jilbab".

History

Between 1984 and 2013, Al-Ghazaly was located on 441 North Street in Teaneck, New Jersey. The new facility in Wayne opened its doors to students in September 2013, with the Teaneck facility repurposed to serve students in pre-Kindergarten through third grade.

Curriculum

The students at Al-Ghazaly study standard subjects, such as math, English, science, history. Additionally, the school includes Arabic, Quran, tafsir, 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 preach to them, after which they pray Jumu'ah.

Extracurricular activities

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.