Memorial Elementary School

Memorial Elementary School, a modestly sized elementary-level community in PARAMUS, New Jersey, part of Paramus Public School District, instructs 289 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 29% leaner than the state mean of about 405.

Memorial Elementary School is one of 8 schools operated by Paramus Public School District, a district that instructs 3,555 students overall.

On demographics, Memorial Elementary School reports that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Memorial Elementary School logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Memorial Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.8%; this one delivers 72.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Memorial Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Ridge Ranch Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Memorial Elementary School.

Memorial Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 306 students in 2018 compared to 289 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 12% to 18% across the same window.

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