Paramus Ranked 57th In New Ranking Of NJ's Best School Districts

PARAMUS, NJ — A new ranking of the state's best school districts has been released and the Paramus Public School District was ranked No. 57.

Niche.com, which recently released its annual rankings of the best school districts in the country, looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from users.

Paramus received an overall grade of A, receiving high marks for college prep, academics, clubs and activities and sports.

Every district school received at least an A-, except for Midland Elementary School, which received a B+.

The district's teachers also received high praise. The district was ranked 22nd out of 237 districts with the best teachers.

The methodology for each category of ranking varied. (Click here for more information on how Niche calculates its rankings.)

Niche assigns a standardized score for each factor, which is then weighted before an overall score is calculated for each school district. The overall scores are again standardized and some districts are disqualified from receiving a final letter grade if there isn’t enough data. School districts are then ranked numerically and assigned grades.

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