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What's one thing Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
747
High
DISTRICT 595 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALISADES PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341236000682
Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School
VETERANS PLAZA, PALISADES PARK, NJ 07650 · (201) 941-1100 · Bergen County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL747 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of New Jersey public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
552 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 137 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 117 | 16% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Palisades Park School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
33.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
20.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 20.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 21.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School
Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School this school | 747 | 73.9% | 24.4% |
| Carteret High School CARTERET | 1,188 | 72.6% | 20.5% |
| Piscataway Magnet School PISCATAWAY | 640 | 65.3% | 33.9% |
| International High School PATERSON | 650 | 76.6% | 21.1% |
| Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood ENGLEWOOD | 1,083 | 66.9% | 32.5% |
| Belleville High School BELLEVILLE | 1,590 | 69.9% | 18.6% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #298 of 397 | #47 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #250 of 400 ▲ 6 | #43 of 48 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #289 of 395 ▲ 39 | #47 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 747 | #249 of 442 | #29 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #307 of 388 | #45 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #241 of 389 | #38 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.9% | #52 of 405 | #1 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.8% | #76 of 173 | #9 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high 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
747
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 473
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 | 747 | 54.1 | 13.8:1 | 74% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 736 | 52.6 | 14.0:1 | 59% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 745 | 53.4 | 13.9:1 | 44% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 756 | N/A | N/A | 49% (374) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | N/A | N/A | 54% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 51 | 10.8:1 | 47% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 462 | 55 | 8.4:1 | 34% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 53 | 11.6:1 | 16% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 36 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School.
About Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School
Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School is a low-enrollment high school with an address in PALISADES PARK, New Jersey. The school has 747 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 12.
Federal data list 3 schools in Palisades Park School District, with 1,786 students enrolled.
The share of Hispanic students at Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School is 67%, a majority. Smaller groups are 23% Asian, 8% White, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Bergen County is roughly 23% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 49%.
Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School has 54.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.8:1. The school's 13.8:1 compares with an average of 12.7:1 for high schools in New Jersey. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 74%. That rate is above the 28% average among public schools in Bergen County.
On the allk12 Grade, Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School lands at C+, ahead of 43% of New Jersey public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School, the prediction is 25.7% and the result is 24.4%.
The county, Bergen County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $124,884 a year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School, Bergen County has 291 public schools.
Slocum Skewes School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School ranks 6th of 6 on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (756) to 2024-25 (747).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Palisades Park School District
- Lindbergh Elementary SchoolElementary · 762 students
- Charles R Smith Early Chilhood CenterElementary · 277 students
Other schools in PALISADES PARK
- Lindbergh Elementary SchoolElementary · 762 students
- Charles R Smith Early Chilhood CenterElementary · 277 students
Nearby schools
- Slocum Skewes School0.5 mi · 654
- School No. 40.6 mi · 377
- Ridgefield Memorial High School0.6 mi · 512
- Bergen Boulevard School0.6 mi · 187
- Charles R Smith Early Chilhood Center0.7 mi · 277
- Lindbergh Elementary School0.7 mi · 762
Frequently asked questions
About Palisades Park Jr-Sr High SchoolHow large is Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School?
Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School enrolls approximately 747 students in grades 07-12.
Is Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School?
At Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 67% Hispanic, 2% Black, 23% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School public or private?
Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Palisades Park School District.
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