High · New Jersey
Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School
Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School, a public high school in Palisades Park, New Jersey: grades 7–12, 747 students, 13.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Palisades Park School District.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 747
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.1
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
More students per teacher than 77% of high schools in New Jersey
Median 12.1 · 435 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 54% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 56% of high schools in New Jersey
Median 817 · 444 schools compared
Larger than 67% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Jersey's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New Jersey: 54%35%proficient
+4.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 78% of high schools in New Jersey
Median 58% · 37 high schools compared
235 students tested, grades 7, 8 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
New Jersey: 41%20%proficient
+3.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 68% of high schools in New Jersey
Median 30% · 37 high schools compared
214 students tested, grades 7, 8 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Palisades Park School District.
Location
- Address
- Veterans Plaza, Palisades Park, NJ 07650
- Phone
- (201)941-1100
- City or town
- Palisades Park
- County
- Bergen County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9–12 | 512 | 11.3 | |
| 9–12 | 1,314 | 14.0 | |
| 7–12 | 1,159 | 12.3 | |
| 9–12 | 1,170 | 13.4 | |
| 9–12 | 802 | 12.9 | |
Urban Assembly School for the Performing ArtsFree meals for all | 9–12 | 178 | 7.8 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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