Schools
Paramus Schools Rank High in Academic Performance
Newly released School Report Cards from the state show all eight schools perform high academically against the state average. Schools now fall into different peer groups. See the charts below.
All eight Paramus public schools - 5 elementary, 2 middle schools and the high school - ranked high in academic performance when compared against others in the state as per figures released by the state Department of Education last week.
According to the new School Report Cards for the 2011-2012 school year all the Paramus schools achieved the high ranking which is between the 60th and 79th percentile.
Above the 79th percentile is considered very high performance, between 40th and 59th is considered average, between 20th ad 39th is considered lagging and below that is considered significant lag in performance, according to the report card.
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The report card also shows how each school did in college and career preparedness and student growth. As for college and career preparedness most schools ranked on the high scale while Parkway, Ridge Ranch and Stony Lane achieved the very high ranking in this area.
As for student growth, the school with the highest ranking against the state in this area is the high school.
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The new School Report Cards for the 2011-2012 no longer rank districts into groups and now rank individual schools against their peers - other schools simliar in demographic characteristics and grade levels.
The Paramus schools now fall into different peer groups. As for the elementary schools, Parkway and Ridge Ranch fall into one peer group while Stony Lane, Memorial and Midland fall into another. East Brook and West Brook middle schools fall into different peer groups as well.
When viewing the chart below the academic achievement in the peer rank area are very different for the two middle schools however both are being compared with different peer groups.
The charts below show the rankings of all the schools against their peer group and the state:
MEMORIAL SCHOOL
Performance areas Peer rank (percentile) Student rank (percentile) Percent of targets met Academic Achievement 31 74 100% College and career readiness 42 71 100% Student growth 44 61 100% MIDLAND SCHOOL Performance areas Peer rank (percentile) Student rank (percentile) Percent of targets met Academic Achievement 37 76 75% College and career readiness 29 56 100% Student growth 39 60 100% PARKWAY SCHOOL Performance areas Peer rank (percentile) Student rank (percentile) Percent of targets met Academic Achievement 27 69 100% College and career readiness 83 96 100% Student growth 12 23 100% RIDGE RANCH SCHOOL Performance areas Peer rank (percentile) Student rank (percentile) Percent of targets met Academic Achievement 16 63 83% College and career readiness 63 86 100% Student growth 17 42 100% STONY LANE Performance areas Peer rank (percentile) Student rank (percentile) Percent of targets met Academic Achievement 21 72 100% College and career readiness 68 83 100% Student growth 27 53 100% EAST BROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL Performance areas Peer rank (percentile) Student rank (percentile) Percent of targets met Academic Achievement 54 79 80% College and career readiness 49 59 50% Student growth 22 51 100% WEST BROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL Performance areas Peer rank (percentile) Student rank (percentile) Percent of targets met Academic Achievement 7 70 80% College and career readiness 61 73 50% Student growth 21 48 100% PARAMUS HIGH SCHOOL Performance areas Peer rank (percentile) Student rank (percentile) Percent of targets met Academic Achievement 57 75 100% College and career readiness 53 70 80% Student growth 68 70 100%Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
