Paramus Schools See Decline in Enrollment, Report Says

Out of the eight schools in the district only two had a bump in enrollment between the two school years - Parkway elementary enrollment went up from 242 to 276 and East Brook Middle School saw a small change of about 11 more students from one year to the next.

During the school board's recent budget presentation, business administrator Steve Cea noted that the district has seen a steady reduction in enrollment in recent school years. He had noted Kindergarten classes have gotten smaller and this trend is continuing at other grade levels.

Based on figures in the chart below that trend is true at 4 out of the 5 elementary schools last year. Ridge Ranch had a larger Kindergarten class in 2011-2012 over 2010-2011.

See the chart below which also shows enrollment by grade for each school.

 

MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY Total school enrollment 2010-2011 2011-2012 341 315 Kindergarten 75 49 Grade 1 55 72 Grade 2 57 59 Grade 3 72 62 Grade 4 79 72 MIDLAND ELEMENTARY Total school enrollment 2010-2011 2011-2012 259 249 Kindergarten 53 32 Grade 1 53 55 Grade 2 44 51 Grade 3 58 43 Grade 4 43 62 PARKWAY ELEMENTARY  Total school enrollment 2010-2011 2011-2012 242 276 Pre-K N/A 29 Kindergarten 40 29 Grade 1 48 43 Grade 2 47 56 Grade 3 54 49 Grade 4 45 57 RIDGE RANCH ELEMENTARY Total school enrollment 2010-2011 2011-2012 341 330 Kindergarten 42 67 Grade 1 82 46 Grade 2 63 84 Grade 3 61 66 Grade 4 86 59 STONY LANE ELEMENTARY  Total school enrollment 2010-2011 2011-2012 217 206 Kindergarten 33 32 Grade 1 47 41 Grade 2 36 50 Grade 3 49 37 Grade 4 50 46 EAST BROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL  Total school enrollment 2010-2011 2011-2012 642 653 Grade 5 143 173 Grade 6 139 145 Grade 7 188 143 Grade 8 167 187 WEST BROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL Total school enrollment 2010-2011 2011-2012 704 679 Grade 5 142 135 Grade 6 180 152 Grade 7 180 180 Grade 8 178 183 PARAMUS HIGH SCHOOL Total school enrollment 2010-2011 2011-2012 1,321 1,309 Grade 9 307 310 Grade 10 323 316 Grade 11 334 318 Grade 12 335 335