Lake Parsippany Elementary School

Set in Parsippany, New Jersey, Lake Parsippany Elementary School is a compact primary school, one of the schools within Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District. It works with 284 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 405.

Across the 14 schools in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District (7,027 students total), Lake Parsippany Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lake Parsippany Elementary School logs that 49% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Hispanic, 19% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Morris County as a whole is about 11% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Lake Parsippany Elementary School lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Lake Parsippany Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.7%, the actual is 70.9%, a residual of +13.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Morris County shows median household earnings sit near $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Morris County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), of which Lake Parsippany Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Brooklawn Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Parsippany Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lake Parsippany Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Parsippany Elementary School has remained close to its prior level, going from 284 students in 2018 to 284 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 35% to 19%.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.