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Enrollment
589
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HACKENSACK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340627000498
Nellie K. Parker
261 MAPLE HILL DR, HACKENSACK, NJ 07601 · (201) 646-8020 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
371 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 93 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 7% smaller than its 4th grade class (91).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Hackensack School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
42.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 42.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 38.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Nellie K. Parker
Nellie K. Parker's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nellie K. Parker this school | 589 | 63.0% | 41.2% |
| Fanny Meyer Hillers HACKENSACK | 516 | 66.1% | 43.0% |
| Fairmount HACKENSACK | 621 | 56.4% | 31.8% |
| Parsons NORTH BRUNSWICK | 566 | 70.5% | 25.7% |
| Solve D'Ippolito Elementary School VINELAND | 504 | 68.7% | 36.3% |
| Berkeley Elementary School Bloomfield | 453 | 68.2% | 26.9% |
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 Nellie K. Parker ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #712 of 1,290 | #126 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #727 of 1,319 ▲ 39 | #131 of 149 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #884 of 1,319 ▼ 41 | #141 of 149 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #244 of 1,562 | #9 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,076 of 1,390 | #117 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #635 of 1,392 | #87 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.0% | #429 of 1,481 | #16 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #657 of 798 | #72 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
589
+103 (+21%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 589 | 45.5 | 12.9:1 | 63% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 46.5 | 12.3:1 | 47% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 46 | 11.6:1 | 50% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 43 | 11.3:1 | 55% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 45.5 | 13.5:1 | 61% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 61% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 32 | 13.7:1 | 50% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 45 | 13.3:1 | 39% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 405 | 28 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nellie K. Parker.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (613 to 589); teachers unchanged (45.5 to 45.5).
About Nellie K. Parker
HACKENSACK, New Jersey, is home to Nellie K. Parker, a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 4 and enrolls 589 students. The school is 45% larger than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Nellie K. Parker is one of 6 schools in Hackensack School District, which enrolls 5,376 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Nellie K. Parker is Hispanic: 63%. Enrollment also includes 18% Black, 10% White, 6% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 40 points above the 23% share among Bergen County residents. The diversity index for Nellie K. Parker is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Roughly 63% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 35 points above the 28% average for public schools in Bergen County.
Nellie K. Parker posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.2%, compared with a predicted 31.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Bergen County show median household income comes to about $124,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Bergen County number 291, with about 133,883 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Maywood Campus, is about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Nellie K. Parker is 5th among 8 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, Nellie K. Parker is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Nellie K. Parker enrolled 486 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 589. Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.3:1 to 12.9:1.
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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 Hackensack School District
- Hackensack High SchoolHigh · 1,813 students
- Hackensack Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,399 students
- FairmountElementary · 621 students
- Fanny Meyer HillersElementary · 516 students
- Jackson AvenueElementary · 438 students
Other schools in HACKENSACK
- Hackensack High SchoolHigh · 1,813 students
- Hackensack Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,399 students
- Bergen County AcademiesHigh · 1,130 students
- FairmountElementary · 621 students
- Fanny Meyer HillersElementary · 516 students
- Jackson AvenueElementary · 438 students
Nearby schools
- Maywood Campus0.5 mi · 206
- Maywood Avenue School0.5 mi · 561
- Hackensack High School0.7 mi · 1,813
- Hackensack Middle School0.9 mi · 1,399
- Fanny Meyer Hillers0.9 mi · 516
- Fairmount0.9 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Nellie K. ParkerHow large is Nellie K. Parker?
Nellie K. Parker enrolls approximately 589 students in grades PK-04.
Is Nellie K. Parker an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nellie K. Parker is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Nellie K. Parker?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Nellie K. Parker.
How diverse is Nellie K. Parker?
Nellie K. Parker reports a student body of 10% White, 63% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Nellie K. Parker?
Nellie K. Parker is overseen by Hackensack School District in Bergen County.
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