Paramus High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

99 East Century Rd

Paramus NJ, 07652, Bergen County

Phone: 201-261-7800

Ranking:

(87 out of 346, top 25%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Paramus Borough School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	107		107		99		80		81		83		94
Total Students:	1,341		1,292		1,334		1,348		1,421		1,359		1,432
Grade 9:	304	22.7%	326	25.2%	310	23.2%	307	22.8%	312	22.0%	318	23.4%	332	23.2%
Grade 10:	323	24.1%	314	24.3%	316	23.7%	323	24.0%	327	23.0%	323	23.8%	352	24.6%
Grade 11:	316	23.6%	307	23.8%	318	23.8%	334	24.8%	324	22.8%	351	25.8%	334	23.3%
Grade 12:	308	23.0%	319	24.7%	336	25.2%	335	24.9%	347	24.4%	340	25.0%	357	24.9%
Ungraded:	20	1.5%	26	2.0%	30	2.2%	22	1.6%	29	2.0%	NA	NA	57	4.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	682	50.9%	669	51.8%	671	50.3%	689	51.1%	720	50.7%	679	50.0%	731	51.0%
Female:	659	49.1%	623	48.2%	663	49.7%	659	48.9%	701	49.3%	680	50.0%	697	48.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%
Asian:	362	27.0%	367	28.4%	370	27.7%	379	28.1%	405	28.5%	362	26.6%	383	26.7%
Hispanic:	125	9.3%	93	7.2%	108	8.1%	106	7.9%	109	7.7%	92	6.8%	88	6.1%
Black:	18	1.3%	19	1.5%	22	1.6%	14	1.0%	14	1.0%	14	1.0%	15	1.0%
White:	832	62.0%	810	62.7%	831	62.3%	847	62.8%	892	62.8%	890	65.5%	946	66.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.3%	2	0.2%	3	0.2%	2	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	59	4.4%	50	3.9%	44	3.3%	31	2.3%	41	2.9%	34	2.5%	34	2.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	35	2.6%	14	1.1%	14	1.0%	9	0.7%	11	0.8%	18	1.3%	11	0.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.51		12.12		13.45		16.87		17.54		13.90		15.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSPA
2003	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	91.2%	91.2%	N/A
2004	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	92.3%	92.3%	N/A
2005	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	93.2%	93.2%	N/A
2006	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	92.3%	92.3%	N/A
2007	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	92.8%	92.8%	N/A
2008	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	94.3%	94.3%	N/A
2009	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	92.7%	92.7%	N/A
2010	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	97.1%	97.1%	N/A
2011	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	97.0%	97.0%	N/A
2012	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	94.9%	94.9%	N/A
2013	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	95.9%	95.9%	N/A
2003	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	81.8%	81.8%	N/A
2004	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	85.2%	85.2%	N/A
2005	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	88.0%	88.0%	N/A
2006	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	83.6%	83.6%	N/A
2007	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	84.1%	84.1%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	86.8%	86.8%	N/A
2009	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	84.7%	84.7%	N/A
2010	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	87.6%	87.6%	N/A
2011	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	83.3%	83.3%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	89.8%	89.8%	N/A
2013	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	88.6%	88.6%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% proficient	85.5%	85.5%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Paramus High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.