Northvail Elementary School

Northvail Elementary School, a medium-sized K-5 school in PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, run under Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District, hosts 359 students, covering grades K through 5.

Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 7,027 students. Northvail Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Northvail Elementary School logs that 72% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 11% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Morris County as a whole is about 11% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Northvail Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Northvail 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 59.3%; Northvail Elementary School posts 75.3%, +16.0 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Morris County shows median household earnings sit near $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Northvail Elementary School is one of 156 public schools in Morris County (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students).

The closest other public school is Central Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northvail Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 62.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northvail Elementary School has contracted 5%, going from 377 students in 2018 to 359 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 16% to 11% over that span.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.