Midland Elementary School

As a cozy elementary school in PARAMUS, New Jersey, Midland Elementary School caters to 200 students from grades K through 4, part of Paramus Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 51% below typical.

Paramus Public School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,555 students; Midland Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Midland Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 28% Asian, 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Midland Elementary School lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Midland Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at Midland Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Midland Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 55.2%; Midland Elementary School posts 78.0%, +22.8 points above that line.

Around the school, Bergen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Midland Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

West Brook Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Midland Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 70.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 214 students in 2018 compared to 200 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 18% to 27%.

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