Stony Lane Elementary School

Located at W 110 RIDGEWOOD AVENUE, in PARAMUS, New Jersey, Stony Lane Elementary School is a compact primary school that caters to 223 students (grades K through 4), one of the schools within Paramus Public School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Stony Lane Elementary School sits 45% below that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Stony Lane Elementary School shows that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 30% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 14% of students at Stony Lane Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Stony Lane Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.5%, the actual is 62.6%, a residual of +4.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bergen County) reports that median household earnings sit near $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Stony Lane Elementary School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

The closest other public school is Somerville Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stony Lane Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 71.7%.

Stony Lane Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stony Lane Elementary School has climbed 22%, going from 183 students in 2018 to 223 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 9% to 16%.

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