Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341248004452
Northvail Elementary School
10 EILEEN COURT, PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054 · (973) 263-7070 · Morris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
45 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
73.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.6pp since 2023
Math
79.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.9% | 79.4% |
| 2023-24 | 81.5% | 83.2% |
% 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
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% 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 16 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 Northvail Elementary School
Northvail Elementary School's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northvail Elementary School this school | 359 | 12.5% | 75.3% |
| J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School PLAINSBORO | 334 | 8.1% | 74.4% |
| Monmouth Junction Elementary School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 301 | 13.3% | 80.2% |
| Eastlake Elementary School Parsippany | 364 | 13.7% | 69.4% |
| Town Center Elementary School at Plainsboro PLAINSBORO | 439 | 17.8% | N/A |
| James Madison Primary School EDISON | 452 | 17.7% | N/A |
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 Northvail Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #81 of 1,290 | #8 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #93 of 1,319 ▼ 58 | #8 of 77 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #188 of 1,319 ▼ 124 | #19 of 77 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #854 of 1,562 | #39 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #912 of 1,390 | #75 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.4% | #929 of 1,392 | #64 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.5% | #1,192 of 1,481 | #45 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #622 of 798 | #33 of 44 |
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
359
-22 (-6%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 359 | 29.6 | 12.1:1 | 13% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 28.5 | 13.8:1 | 9% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 27.1 | 13.6:1 | 8% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 27 | 14.1:1 | 7% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 28.9 | 13.0:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 363 | 19 | 19.1:1 | 13% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 20 | 17.3:1 | 13% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 327 | 19 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northvail Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (377 to 359); teachers up 2% (28.9 to 29.6).
About Northvail Elementary School
Northvail Elementary School is one of the public schools in PARSIPPANY, New Jersey. It is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 359 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5.
Northvail Elementary School is one school in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District, a system of 14 schools with 7,027 students.
Northvail Elementary School's enrollment is 72% Asian. Other groups make up 11% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 11% of Morris County residents are Asian. Northvail Elementary School has a diversity index of 45%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.1:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is about 11.4:1. The school's lunch program data list 13% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Northvail Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Northvail Elementary School does better than predicted by 16.0 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.3%; the prediction is 59.3%.
Among Morris County residents, median household income is about $137,326, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 156 public schools in Morris County, with a combined enrollment of about 72,239.
The closest other public school is Central Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Northvail Elementary School's average proficiency of 75.3% compares with 62.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Northvail Elementary School went from 381 students to 359. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.1:1 in 2020-21, and 12.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District
- Parsippany Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,035 students
- Brooklawn Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- Parsippany High SchoolHigh · 900 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Lake Hiawatha Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Knollwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
Other schools in PARSIPPANY
- Brooklawn Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- Parsippany High SchoolHigh · 900 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Eastlake Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Troy Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Lake Parsippany Elementary SchoolElementary · 284 students
Nearby schools
- Central Middle School0.4 mi · 755
- Parsippany High School0.4 mi · 900
- Lake Hiawatha Elementary School0.8 mi · 445
- Knollwood Elementary School0.8 mi · 394
- Intervale Elementary School1.5 mi · 287
- Troy Hills Elementary School1.5 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Northvail Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northvail Elementary School?
Northvail Elementary School enrolls approximately 359 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Northvail Elementary School serve?
Northvail Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Northvail Elementary School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Northvail Elementary School.
How diverse is Northvail Elementary School?
Northvail Elementary School reports a student body of 11% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 72% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Northvail Elementary School?
Northvail Elementary School is overseen by Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District in Morris County.
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