NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Parlin, NJ

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

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8
Schools
5,837
Students
48.6/100
Avg Resource Index
11.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Parlin has more public-school enrollment than 62% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Parlin 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.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

5 of Parlin's 8 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 30-point gap between Sayreville War Memorial High School and Center for Lifelong Learning shows the range hidden by Parlin'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 38%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
83rd percentile
Teacher staffing
90th percentile

Sayreville War Memorial High School accounts for 30.2% of all Parlin public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Parlin-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

Parlin school enrollment varies 9.6× across entities

Parlin school enrollment ranges from 183 students (lowest) to 1,764 students (highest), a spread of 1,581 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Parlin student-teacher ratio is 11.7:1 — 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. Sayreville War Memorial High School 60
2. Sayreville Middle School 56
3. Madison Park Elementary School 56
4. Samsel Upper Elementary School 52
5. Harry S. Truman Elementary School 47
6. Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School 44
7. Emma Arleth Elementary School 44
8. Center for Lifelong Learning 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Parlin

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 Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School 75.3/100
  2. 2 Sayreville Middle School 75.1/100
  3. 3 Samsel Upper Elementary School 75.0/100
  4. 4 Sayreville War Memorial High School 74.4/100
  5. 5 Harry S. Truman Elementary School 73.8/100

What do families ask about schools in Parlin?

Which Parlin school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Sayreville War Memorial High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Parlin schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Parlin, NJ? ▼

Parlin has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,837 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.7:1.

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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.