Enrollment
200
Elementary
DISTRICT 269 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARAMUS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341242000400
Midland Elementary School
241 WEST MIDLAND AVENUE, PARAMUS, NJ 07652 · (201) 261-7800 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
40 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 5% larger than its 4th grade class (39).
Student demographics
72%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
84.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
76.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.1% | 76.9% |
| 2023-24 | 79.4% | 71.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 55% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Midland Elementary School
Midland Elementary School's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Elementary School this school | 200 | 20.0% | 78.0% |
| Stony Lane Elementary School PARAMUS | 223 | 13.9% | 62.6% |
| John A. Forrest Elementary School FAIR LAWN | 258 | 22.1% | 60.4% |
| Bowne-Munro Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 201 | 23.9% | 68.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary School SUMMIT | 221 | 27.1% | 66.0% |
| Bradley Gardens Primary School Bridgewater | 279 | 13.6% | 75.0% |
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 Midland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #49 of 1,290 | #12 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #135 of 1,319 ▲ 44 | #42 of 149 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.1% | #50 of 1,319 ▲ 42 | #14 of 149 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #1,391 of 1,562 | #151 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #276 of 1,390 | #26 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #102 of 1,392 | #4 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.0% | #1,036 of 1,481 | #77 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #558 of 798 | #60 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
200
+44 (+28%) vs 2020
+18% since 2000-01, when it was 170
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 200 | 20.6 | 9.7:1 | 20% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 193 | 20.8 | 9.3:1 | 14% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 189 | 20.6 | 9.2:1 | 13% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 156 | 17 | 9.2:1 | 10% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 214 | 20 | 10.7:1 | 10% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 228 | 17 | 13.4:1 | 8% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 259 | 17 | 15.2:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2000-01 | 170 | N/A | N/A | 1% (1) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Midland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (214 to 200); teachers up 3% (20 to 20.6).
About Midland Elementary School
In PARAMUS, New Jersey, Midland Elementary School is a small elementary school. Enrollment stands at 200 students, covering kindergarten through 4. That is 51% below the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Paramus Public School District counts 3,555 students in its 8 schools, and Midland Elementary School is one of them.
At Midland Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 37%. The remaining students are 28% Asian, 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among people living in Bergen County, the White share is about 55%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
For every teacher at Midland Elementary School, there are about 9.7 students; the school has 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 20%.
Midland Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.0%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New Jersey are predicted to post 55.2%, so the school is 22.8 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
American Community Survey estimates for Bergen County show that median household income comes to about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 291, with about 133,883 students.
West Brook Middle School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Midland Elementary School's average proficiency of 78.0% compares with 70.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Midland Elementary School enrolled 156 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 200.
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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
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 289 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 Midland Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 10 states are named Midland Elementary. Midland Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 11.
- Midland ElementaryGalivants Ferry, SC · 744 students
- Midland ElementaryPoway, CA · 580 students
- Midland ElementaryMoreno Valley, CA · 553 students
- Midland ElementaryTacoma, WA · 399 students
- MIDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFLORAL, AR · 291 students
Nearby schools
- West Brook Middle School0.4 mi · 500
- Applied Technology High School0.7 mi · 348
- Stony Lane Elementary School0.7 mi · 223
- Hawes Elementary School0.8 mi · 357
- Somerville Elementary School1.0 mi · 394
- Clara E Coleman School1.4 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Midland Elementary SchoolHow large is Midland Elementary School?
Midland Elementary School enrolls approximately 200 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Midland Elementary School serve?
Midland Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Midland Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Midland Elementary School is approximately 9.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Midland Elementary School?
Student demographics at Midland Elementary School are roughly 37% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 28% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Midland Elementary School?
Midland Elementary School is overseen by Paramus Public School District in Bergen County.
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