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What's something Packanack Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341728004982
Packanack Elementary School
190 OAKWOOD DRIVE, WAYNE, NJ 07470 · (973) 633-3170 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
30 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
67.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
62.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.8% | 62.9% |
| 2023-24 | 69.6% | 54.6% |
% 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Packanack Elementary School
Packanack Elementary School's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packanack Elementary School this school | 408 | 7.4% | 62.7% |
| Washington Elementary School WEST CALDWELL | 409 | 7.6% | 53.4% |
| Millington Elementary School Millington | 362 | 9.1% | 58.9% |
| Theunis Dey Elementary School WAYNE | 459 | 5.2% | 65.8% |
| Valley Road School CLARK | 390 | 7.7% | 52.4% |
| Millstone Township Primary School MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP | 395 | 8.4% | 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 Packanack Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #287 of 1,290 | #7 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #362 of 1,319 ▲ 117 | #14 of 87 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #319 of 1,319 ▼ 62 | #11 of 87 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #677 of 1,562 | #41 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,163 of 1,390 | #74 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.8% | #964 of 1,392 | #48 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.4% | #1,306 of 1,481 | #95 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #693 of 798 | #59 of 66 |
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
408
+50 (+14%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 380
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 408 | 30.3 | 13.4:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 31.2 | 13.2:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 28.9 | 14.1:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 30.7 | 13.7:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 28 | 17.4:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 380 | 23 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Packanack Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (421 to 408); teachers down 1% (30.7 to 30.3).
About Packanack Elementary School
Packanack Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of WAYNE, New Jersey. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 408 students.
Wayne Township Public School District, which runs Packanack Elementary School, has 15 schools and 7,549 students.
The student body at Packanack Elementary School is 73% White. It is also 16% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Passaic County's residents are about 41% White, 31 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Packanack Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 7%. Public schools in Passaic County average 61%.
Test results at Packanack Elementary School are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (62.7% actual, 62.1% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Passaic County show that median household income comes to about $87,522, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Passaic County counts 155 public schools with about 83,237 students.
George Washington Middle School is about 0.8 miles from Packanack Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Packanack Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Packanack Elementary School comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Packanack Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Packanack Elementary School had a net gain of 50 students, or 14%.
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Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne Township Public School District
- Wayne Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Wayne Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Schuyler Colfax Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Anthony Wayne Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 493 students
- Theunis Dey Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
Other schools in WAYNE
- Passaic County Technical InstituteHigh · 3,565 students
- Wayne Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Wayne Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Passaic County Technical Institute STEM AcademyHigh · 1,040 students
- Schuyler Colfax Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Anthony Wayne Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
Nearby schools
- George Washington Middle School0.8 mi · 493
- Theunis Dey Elementary School1.0 mi · 459
- Schuyler Colfax Middle School1.4 mi · 650
- Preakness Early Childhood Center1.4 mi · 177
- Ryerson Elementary School1.5 mi · 250
- Albert Payson Terhune Elementary1.5 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About Packanack Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Packanack Elementary School?
Packanack Elementary School enrolls approximately 408 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Packanack Elementary School serve?
Packanack Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Packanack Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Packanack Elementary School is approximately 13.4:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Packanack Elementary School?
At Packanack Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Packanack Elementary School public or private?
Packanack Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wayne Township Public School District.
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