Parkway Elementary School
145 East Ridgewood Ave
Paramus NJ, 07652, Bergen County
Phone: 201-261-7800
Ranking:
(419 out of 1,847, top 23%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4
School District: Paramus Borough School District
Title I Eligible School: No
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: | 23 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 31 | 20 | |||||||
Total Students: | 276 | 256 | 276 | 242 | 277 | 322 | 318 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 29 | 10.5% | NA | NA | 29 | 10.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Kindergarten: | 41 | 14.9% | 41 | 16.0% | 40 | 14.5% | 40 | 16.5% | 54 | 19.5% | 47 | 14.6% | 46 | 14.5% |
Grade 1: | 43 | 15.6% | 40 | 15.6% | 43 | 15.6% | 48 | 19.8% | 48 | 17.3% | 46 | 14.3% | 48 | 15.1% |
Grade 2: | 40 | 14.5% | 45 | 17.6% | 56 | 20.3% | 47 | 19.4% | 51 | 18.4% | 52 | 16.1% | 60 | 18.9% |
Grade 3: | 42 | 15.2% | 60 | 23.4% | 49 | 17.8% | 54 | 22.3% | 48 | 17.3% | 59 | 18.3% | 68 | 21.4% |
Grade 4: | 61 | 22.1% | 48 | 18.8% | 57 | 20.7% | 45 | 18.6% | 58 | 20.9% | 71 | 22.0% | 56 | 17.6% |
Ungraded: | 20 | 7.2% | 22 | 8.6% | 2 | 0.7% | 8 | 3.3% | 18 | 6.5% | 47 | 14.6% | 40 | 12.6% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 138 | 50.0% | 124 | 48.4% | 133 | 48.2% | 122 | 50.4% | 153 | 55.2% | 177 | 55.0% | 180 | 56.6% |
Female: | 138 | 50.0% | 132 | 51.6% | 143 | 51.8% | 120 | 49.6% | 124 | 44.8% | 145 | 45.0% | 134 | 42.1% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 77 | 27.9% | 59 | 23.0% | 82 | 29.7% | 70 | 28.9% | 74 | 26.7% | 77 | 23.9% | 81 | 25.5% |
Hispanic: | 38 | 13.8% | 29 | 11.3% | 25 | 9.1% | 15 | 6.2% | 16 | 5.8% | 19 | 5.9% | 22 | 6.9% |
Black: | 6 | 2.2% | 5 | 2.0% | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.8% | 3 | 1.1% | 4 | 1.2% | 3 | 0.9% |
White: | 146 | 52.9% | 154 | 60.2% | 160 | 58.0% | 154 | 63.6% | 184 | 66.4% | 222 | 68.9% | 212 | 66.7% |
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: | 9 | 3.3% | 9 | 3.5% | 6 | 2.2% | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 10 | 3.6% | 8 | 3.1% | 1 | 0.4% | 3 | 1.2% | 7 | 2.5% | 4 | 1.2% | 2 | 0.6% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 4 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 12.21 | 11.58 | 12.58 | 13.75 | 12.04 | 8.70 | 15.90 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 88.5% | 92.3% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 92.4% | 93.8% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 88.7% | 95.7% | 82.4% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 98.1% | 96.5% | 83.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 93.4% | 96.5% | 86.1% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 65.1% | 77.0% | 62.9% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 70.6% | 77.7% | 59.8% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 87.7% | 80.8% | 63.0% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 77.5% | 78.0% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 68.4% | 83.3% | 66.4% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 87.2% | 91.7% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 84.8% | 91.1% | 82.5% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 93.7% | 96.9% | 86.8% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 96.3% | 95.9% | 87.3% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 93.4% | 95.2% | 86.8% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 95.2% | 89.1% | 75.4% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 88.3% | 93.2% | 78.3% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 96.5% | 93.7% | 78.9% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 87.7% | 91.2% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 86.2% | 94.3% | 77.7% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 89.7% | 92.3% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.6% | 96.9% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 97.2% | 96.0% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.9% | 96.1% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.8% | 95.2% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.5% | 92.8% | 82.7% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 80.1% | 83.8% | 63.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 70.7% | 74.0% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 76.1% | 82.2% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 81.0% | 78.4% | 58.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 75.0% | 81.7% | 59.4% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 87.9% | 87.4% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.1% | 90.1% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.6% | 94.7% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.9% | 93.0% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 92.0% | 94% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 100.0% | 93.8% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 81.3% | 85.0% | 73.1% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 83.3% | 90.8% | 77.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.4% | 94.2% | 79.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 89.9% | 90.1% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.7% | 93.4% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 94.4% | 94.0% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.3% | 91.1% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.7% | 91.3% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 98.2% | 92.3% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 98.8% | 96.2% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 94% | 97.2% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.7% | 96.1% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 98.3% | 96.4% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.8% | 96.0% | 89.5% |
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* Parkway Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.