Paramus Public Schools

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The Paramus Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Paramus, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. For the 2005-06 school year, the district opened school with 4,500 youngsters,

1 Schools
2 Awards and recognition
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Schools

Schools in the district (with 2004-05 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary Schools (K-4)

Memorial Elementary School (303 students)
Midland Elementary School (288 students)
Parkway Elementary School (380 students)
Ridge Ranch Elementary School (377 students)
Stony Lane Elementary School (261 students)

Middle Schools (5-8)

Eastbrook Middle School (677 students)
Westbrook Middle School (673 students)

High School (9-12)

Paramus High School (1,329 students)

[edit] Awards and recognition

Three of the district's schools have been formally designated as National Blue Ribbon Schools, the highest honor that an American school can achieve: Paramus High School in 1988-99, Parkway Elementary School in 1987-88 and Ridge Ranch Elementary School in 1998-99.^[1]

For the 1995-96 school year, Ridge Ranch Elementary School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.^[2]

The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2005" by the American Music Conference^[3], and was selected again for this honor in 2006.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

v • d • e School districts of Bergen County, New Jersey
K-5	Saddle River
K-6	Edgewater \| Oradell \| River Edge
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K-12	Bergenfield \| Bogota \| Cliffside Park \| Cresskill \| Dumont \| Elmwood Park \| Emerson \| Englewood \| Fair Lawn \| Fort Lee \| Garfield \| Glen Rock \| Hackensack \| Hasbrouck Heights \| Leonia \| Lodi \| Lyndhurst \| Mahwah \| Midland Park \| New Milford \| North Arlington \| Palisades Park \| Paramus \| Park Ridge \| Ramsey \| Ridgefield \| Ridgefield Park \| Ridgewood \| Rutherford \| Saddle Brook \| Teaneck \| Tenafly \| Waldwick \| Wallington \| Westwood Regional \| Wood-Ridge
7-12	River Dell Regional
9-12	Bergen County Technical Schools \| Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional \| Northern Highlands Regional \| Northern Valley Regional \| Pascack Valley Regional \| Ramapo Indian Hills Regional
None	Rockleigh \| Teterboro