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High Schools in Elmwood Park School District

At a glance

DistrictElmwood Park School District441^st of 609 New Jersey districtsFull district overview →

School

823

Students

Top rankedMemorial Senior High School267^th of 434 New Jersey high schools

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Memorial Senior High School up 8 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The Elmwood Park School District in New Jersey is home to a single high school, Memorial Senior High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 267 out of 434 high schools in 2024-2025 to 311 out of 422 high schools in 2022-2023. Its SchoolDigger performance rating has also varied, from 2 stars out of 5 in 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 to 1 star out of 5 in 2022-2023.

Academically, Memorial Senior High School has relative strengths in English Language Arts, with proficiency rates higher than the state averages. However, the school struggles in mathematics and science, with proficiency rates significantly lower than the state averages. The school's four-year graduation rate of 91.3% for the 2023-2024 school year is slightly higher than the state average, while its dropout rate of 1.0% is lower than the state average. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% for the 2023-2024 school year is higher than the state average.

Demographic and financial factors may be contributing to the school's performance challenges. Memorial Senior High School has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (38.41%), which suggests a population with lower socioeconomic status. Additionally, the school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $8,340, which is lower than the state average. The school's student-teacher ratio of 16.5 for the 2023-2024 school year is slightly higher than the state average.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2025)	NJGPA Mathematics (2025)	NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)	NJSLA Algebra I (2025)		NJSLA Geometry (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Memorial Senior High School	Public	9-12	375 River Dr	Elmwood Park	07407	Bergen County	Elmwood Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 796-8700	823	49	16.9	49.9%	267 (32.4%)	111 (13.5%)	362 (44.0%)	70 (8.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.5%)	39.4	267^th of 434 public high schools	38.5%		36.1	275^th of 429 public high schools	35.9%	8	84.1	44.3	25.8	51.1	10.5	10.5	39.4	39.4	$8,340	$22	$8,318

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Paterson Public School District	0.66 mi	44	561^st
Fair Lawn Public School District	1.24 mi	9	59^th
Saddle Brook School District	1.42 mi	5	277^th
Garfield Public School District	1.5 mi	11	353^rd
Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology	1.64 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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