Career Innovation High School

Career Innovation High School in Paramus, NJ, serves grades 9–12 in the Bergen County Vocational Technical School District; its reported enrollment is 0, an unusual figure that should not be taken to mean the school has no students. Its 2025–2026 results are mixed, but the clearest concern is Algebra I end-of-course performance: 24% were proficient, 45 percentage points below the district and 16 points below the state.

Ninth-grade ELA is the school’s strongest result relative to the state: 59% were proficient, 8 percentage points above the state rate, though 33 points below the district and 13 points below the nearby-school average of 72%. In Algebra I, the school was near the bottom among nearby schools: its end-of-course result was 18 points below their 42% average, and it exceeded just two of the seven peers with results. For ninth-grade Algebra I, it was 2 points above the state but 19 points below the nearby-school average of 43%. These results point to a consistent local comparison: the school is behind most nearby peers in both subjects.

The available results do not show whether performance is improving or declining: only 2025–2026 results are available, and the state suppressed Geometry results. SchoolDigger ranks the school 234th of 434 statewide, at the 46th percentile with 2 stars; all eight nearby schools with current rankings are higher, ranging from New Milford High School at the 61st percentile to Applied Technology High School at the 97th. By comparison, SchoolDigger ranks the district 81st of 607, at the 87th percentile with 4 stars. No student–teacher ratio or low-income measure is reported for the school; nearby schools’ ratios range from 0.7 to 17.4, and their free/reduced lunch eligible shares range from 1% to 57% for 2024–2025.