Packanack Elementary School

Set in WAYNE, New Jersey, Packanack Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, run under Wayne Township Public School District. It works with 408 students across grades K through 5.

Wayne Township Public School District comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 7,549 students; Packanack Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Packanack Elementary School reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 16% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Packanack Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Packanack Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 7% of students at Packanack Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Passaic County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Packanack Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.1%; this one delivers 62.7%.

In the surrounding community, Passaic County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Passaic County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), Packanack Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

George Washington Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Packanack Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Packanack Elementary School has shrank 3%, going from 421 students in 2018 to 408 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 9% to 16% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.