Enrollment
284
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341248004446
Lake Parsippany Elementary School
225 Kingston Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054 · (973) 428-7572 · Morris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
44 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
69.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -10.2pp since 2023
Math
70.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.5% | 70.5% |
| 2023-24 | 79.7% | 79.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lake Parsippany Elementary School
Lake Parsippany Elementary School's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Parsippany Elementary School this school | 284 | 15.5% | 70.9% |
| George Washington School Edgewater | 333 | 12.9% | N/A |
| Intervale Elementary School Boonton | 287 | 18.8% | 64.8% |
| Mount Tabor Elementary School MOUNT TABOR | 340 | 17.4% | 72.8% |
| Troy Hills Elementary School PARSIPPANY | 290 | 21.7% | 69.5% |
| School No. 2 FORT LEE | 362 | 24.6% | 71.5% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lake Parsippany Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #148 of 1,290 | #17 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #231 of 1,319 ▼ 156 | #29 of 77 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #276 of 1,319 ▼ 188 | #33 of 77 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #1,174 of 1,562 | #71 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #801 of 1,390 | #69 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #264 of 1,392 | #11 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.5% | #1,124 of 1,481 | #40 of 90 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
284
+23 (+9%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 284 | 24.3 | 11.7:1 | 15% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 24.7 | 12.2:1 | 13% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 26 | 11.6:1 | 14% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | 23 | 11.3:1 | 9% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 25.3 | 11.2:1 | 14% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 27 | 11.0:1 | 15% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 320 | 14 | 22.9:1 | 16% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 326 | 20 | 16.3:1 | 9% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 259 | 16 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Parsippany Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (284 to 284); teachers down 4% (25.3 to 24.3).
About Lake Parsippany Elementary School
Lake Parsippany Elementary School serves students in Parsippany, New Jersey, as a small elementary school. The school enrolls 284 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New Jersey) has about 405 students.
The Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District system has 14 schools and 7,027 students.
At Lake Parsippany Elementary School, the largest share of students is Asian, at 49%. The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic, 19% White, and 6% multiracial. Morris County as a whole is about 11% Asian, so the school's share is higher. Lake Parsippany Elementary School's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
Lake Parsippany Elementary School counts 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.7 students for each one. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Lake Parsippany Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 89% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Lake Parsippany Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 57.7%. Lake Parsippany Elementary School scores 70.9%, 13.2 points above that line.
Morris County census figures show that the median household income is $137,326, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Morris County is home to 156 public schools and about 72,239 public school students.
Nearest public school: Brooklawn Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 66.7% on proficiency, and Lake Parsippany Elementary School is above that at 70.9%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Lake Parsippany Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 261 in 2020-21 to 284 in 2024-25.
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Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District
- Parsippany Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,035 students
- Brooklawn Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- Parsippany High SchoolHigh · 900 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Lake Hiawatha Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Knollwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
Other schools in Parsippany
- Brooklawn Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- Parsippany High SchoolHigh · 900 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Eastlake Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Northvail Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Troy Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
Nearby schools
- Brooklawn Middle School0.6 mi · 925
- Eastlake Elementary School0.6 mi · 364
- Parsippany Hills High School0.9 mi · 1,035
- Littleton Elementary School1.1 mi · 392
- Intervale Elementary School1.7 mi · 287
- Mount Tabor Elementary School1.8 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Parsippany Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lake Parsippany Elementary School?
Lake Parsippany Elementary School enrolls approximately 284 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lake Parsippany Elementary School serve?
Lake Parsippany Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Lake Parsippany Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Lake Parsippany Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Lake Parsippany Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lake Parsippany Elementary School are roughly 19% White, 24% Hispanic, 2% Black, 49% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Lake Parsippany Elementary School public or private?
Lake Parsippany Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.