NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Paramus, NJ

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17 public K-12 schools in Paramus from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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17
Schools
4,878
Students
57.3/100
Avg Resource Index
9.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Paramus has more public-school enrollment than 54% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Paramus lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

8 of Paramus's 17 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 36-point gap between Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus and N. a. Bleshman Regional Day School shows the range hidden by Paramus's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 46%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
98th percentile
Teacher staffing
99th percentile

Paramus High School accounts for 23.6% of all Paramus public-school enrollment

That concentration means Paramus-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Paramus school enrollment varies 82× across entities

Paramus school enrollment ranges from 14 students (lowest) to 1,153 students (highest), a spread of 1,139 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Paramus student-teacher ratio is 9.4:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus 85
2. West Brook Middle School 65
3. Applied Technology High School 64
4. East Brook Middle School 63
5. Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus 59
6. Ridge Ranch Elementary School 58
7. Midland Elementary School 58
8. Autistic 58
9. Paramus High School 57
10. Parkway Elementary School 53
11. Emotionally Disturbed 52
12. Life Skills 52
13. Stony Lane Elementary School 51
14. Hearing Impaired 51
15. Memorial Elementary School 50
16. N. a. Bleshman Regional Day School 49
17. Multiply Handicapped 49

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Paramus

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Midland Elementary School 71.6/100
  2. 2 N. a. Bleshman Regional Day School 69.6/100
  3. 3 Emotionally Disturbed 69.2/100
  4. 4 East Brook Middle School 69.1/100
  5. 5 Autistic 69.1/100

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Which Paramus school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Bergen County Technical High School - Paramus has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Paramus schools in this federal-data comparison at 85/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Paramus, NJ? ▼

Paramus has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,878 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 9.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.