Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 269 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARAMUS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341242000696
Memorial Elementary School
EAST 203 MIDLAND AVENUE, PARAMUS, NJ 07652 · (201) 261-7800 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
39 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 11% smaller than its 4th grade class (56).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
69.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
72.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.7pp 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 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.7% | 72.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.2% | 76.5% |
% 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
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Elementary School this school | 289 | 13.5% | 72.3% |
| Central School Warren | 312 | 12.2% | 71.3% |
| Bradley Gardens Primary School Bridgewater | 279 | 13.6% | 75.0% |
| Woodfern Elementary School Hillsborough | 311 | 14.5% | 72.4% |
| Parkway Elementary School PARAMUS | 297 | 15.8% | 73.5% |
| Riverside School PRINCETON | 306 | 12.1% | 80.8% |
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 Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #128 of 1,290 | #38 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #199 of 1,319 ▼ 94 | #55 of 149 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #274 of 1,319 ▼ 31 | #74 of 149 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #1,151 of 1,562 | #122 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,070 of 1,390 | #116 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #191 of 1,392 | #12 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.5% | #1,174 of 1,481 | #97 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #590 of 798 | #65 of 85 |
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
289
+10 (+4%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 289 | 22.4 | 12.9:1 | 13% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 24.2 | 12.2:1 | 11% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 25.7 | 11.6:1 | 13% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 279 | 22 | 12.7:1 | 7% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 25.2 | 12.1:1 | 10% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 24 | 12.8:1 | 6% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 338 | 24 | 14.1:1 | 4% (12) |
| 2000-01 | 318 | 25 | 12.7:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 346 | 19 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (306 to 289); teachers down 11% (25.2 to 22.4).
About Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in PARAMUS, New Jersey. The school offers pre-K through 4 and enrolls 289 students. That puts enrollment 29% below the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Paramus Public School District enrolls 3,555 students, and its 8 schools include Memorial Elementary School.
The biggest share of students at Memorial Elementary School, 43%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 31% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Bergen County's population at about 55%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Memorial Elementary School scores 69%.
Its ratio of 12.9:1 is based on 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1, 1.5 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 13%. The rate at public schools in Bergen County averages 28%, higher than here.
Memorial Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (72.3%) and its predicted rate (58.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
Census data for Bergen County show median household income comes to about $124,884, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 291 public schools in the county, enrolling about 133,883, Memorial Elementary School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Ridge Ranch Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paramus Public School District
- Paramus High SchoolHigh · 1,153 students
- East Brook Middle SchoolMiddle · 555 students
- West Brook Middle SchoolMiddle · 500 students
- Ridge Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 297 students
- Stony Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 223 students
Other schools in PARAMUS
- Paramus High SchoolHigh · 1,153 students
- East Brook Middle SchoolMiddle · 555 students
- West Brook Middle SchoolMiddle · 500 students
- Applied Technology High SchoolHigh · 348 students
- Ridge Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 297 students
Other Memorial Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 10 states are named Memorial Elementary. Memorial Elementary School is the 20th largest of the 22.
- Memorial Elementary SchoolMontvale, NJ · 532 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolFREEHOLD, NJ · 414 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolEAST BRUNSWICK, NJ · 408 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolLAURENCE HARBOR, NJ · 388 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolNORTH HALEDON, NJ · 349 students
Nearby schools
- Ridge Ranch Elementary School0.5 mi · 338
- Behavioral Continuum0.6 mi · 124
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Continuum0.6 mi · 134
- Multiple Disabilities Continuum0.6 mi · 55
- Autistic Continuum0.6 mi · 199
- Life Skills Continuum0.6 mi · 64
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Elementary SchoolHow large is Memorial Elementary School?
Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 289 students in grades PK-04.
Is Memorial Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Memorial Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Memorial Elementary School have?
Memorial Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Memorial Elementary School?
At Memorial Elementary School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 31% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Memorial Elementary School?
Memorial Elementary School is overseen by Paramus Public School District in Bergen County.
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