Parkway Elementary School

As a compact elementary campus in PARAMUS, New Jersey, Parkway Elementary School instructs 297 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by Paramus Public School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Parkway Elementary School sits 27% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Paramus Public School District (3,555 students total), Parkway Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Parkway Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 26% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Parkway 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 57.5%; Parkway Elementary School posts 73.5%, +16.0 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Bergen County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Parkway Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

East Brook Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Parkway Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 68.9%.

Parkway Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 282 students in 2018 compared to 297 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 10% to 22% over that span.

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