Parsippany High School

Summary:

Parsippany High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Parsippany, New Jersey, with an enrollment of 886 students. The school is part of the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District, which is ranked 92 out of 613 school districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Parsippany High School is a strong-performing school, consistently ranking in the top 25% of New Jersey high schools over the past 10 years. The school's academic performance is particularly impressive in STEM subjects, with 78.1% of 9th-grade students proficient or better in Geometry and the school outperforming the state average in most NJSLA subject areas. The school also performs well across different student subgroups, with female students, Asian students, and English Language Learner students ranking in the top quartile of New Jersey high schools. However, the school's performance for Hispanic and White students is relatively lower, ranking in the bottom half of the state.

Compared to nearby schools, Parsippany High School performs well, outpacing its neighbor Parsippany Hills High School. However, the school lags behind some higher-performing schools in the region, such as Mountain Lakes High School and Montville Township High School, which consistently rank higher in the state. Parsippany High School's relatively low percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at around 18%, suggests the school serves a more affluent student population, which may contribute to its strong academic performance.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 309 Baldwin Rd
       Parsippany, NJ  07054


(973) 263-7001

District: Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
136th of 426 New Jersey High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,402 Help


Feeder schools for Parsippany High School:

Elementary:    Knollwood Elementary School
    Lake Hiawatha Elementary School
    Northvail Elementary School
    Rockaway Meadow Elementary School
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Middle:    Central Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  9.8 Help
Number of students:  937

Racial breakdown:

White:
34.6%
Asian:
34.3%
Hispanic:
23.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  23.8% Help


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Compare Details Parsippany High School ranks better than 68.1% of high schools in New Jersey. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 56.64. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Parsippany High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Parsippany High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (34.6%), Asian (34.3%), Hispanic (23.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 23.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Parsippany High School is 9.8. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Parsippany High School is $12,402.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Parsippany High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Parsippany High School 136th of 426 New Jersey public high schools. (See Parsippany High School in the ranking list.)

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Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District 92nd of 613 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Parsippany High School

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Rank History for all students at Parsippany High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 57.74 177th 343 48.4%
2004 68.51 122nd 348 64.9%
2005 53.36 210th 351 40.2%
2006 72.13 106th 357 70.3%
2007 63.32 163rd 361 54.8%
2008 67.99 141st 359 60.7%
2009 74.95 92nd 370 75.1%
2010 56.93 209th 371 43.7%
2011 58.06 207th 378 45.2%
2012 56.62 223rd 388 42.5%
2013 66.15 162nd 396 59.1%
2014 66.89 159th 411 61.3%
2015 72.47 48th 406 88.2%
2016 63.61 84th 409 79.5%
2017 71.04 63rd 411 84.7%
2018 68.31 75th 415 81.9%
2019 66.28 91st 416 78.1%
2021 49.63 157th 405 61.2%
2022 58.79 114th 415 72.5%
2023 65.36 98th 422 76.8%
2024 56.64 136th 426 68.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Parsippany High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.21 21st 146 85.6%
2019 73.59 25th 138 81.9%
2021 58.46 25th 101 75.2%
2023 51.08 47th 161 70.8%
2024 60.50 45th 179 74.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Parsippany High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.56 109th 355 69.3%
2019 34.74 206th 349 41.0%
2021 39.59 184th 333 44.7%
2022 44.51 145th 344 57.8%
2023 41.21 162nd 339 52.2%
2024 38.12 184th 349 47.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Parsippany High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.65 46th 345 86.7%
2019 57.84 90th 347 74.1%
2021 44.39 160th 326 50.9%
2022 49.24 114th 324 64.8%
2023 46.24 118th 344 65.7%
2024 52.93 89th 350 74.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Parsippany High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.65 77th 403 80.9%
2019 67.96 81st 408 80.1%
2021 63.97 98th 402 75.6%
2022 62.91 81st 414 80.4%
2023 67.87 70th 416 83.2%
2024 65.46 78th 416 81.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Parsippany High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.24 81st 405 80.0%
2019 63.45 100th 407 75.4%
2021 42.26 195th 402 51.5%
2022 49.79 141st 410 65.6%
2023 62.29 100th 414 75.8%
2024 60.48 101st 415 75.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Parsippany High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.39 86th 198 56.6%
2019 48.03 101st 191 47.1%
2021 26.18 139th 165 15.8%
2022 48.71 79th 175 54.9%
2023 52.12 76th 172 55.8%
2024 52.35 76th 174 56.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Parsippany High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 49.19 84th 250 66.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Parsippany High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.14 118th 368 67.9%
2019 55.95 121st 364 66.8%
2021 45.39 170th 374 54.5%
2022 45.58 163rd 382 57.3%
2023 58.15 105th 385 72.7%
2024 29.41 266th 394 32.5%
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Rank History for White students at Parsippany High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.08 109th 340 67.9%
2019 51.53 125th 339 63.1%
2021 35.09 191st 336 43.2%
2022 26.45 240th 335 28.4%
2023 41.43 161st 335 51.9%
2024 35.85 193rd 337 42.7%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: New Jersey Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Parsippany High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 977 31 45 17 1 n/a n/a 0 1071
1989 856 38 73 22 0 n/a n/a 0 989
1990 729 33 117 32 0 n/a n/a 0 911
1991 682 32 147 39 0 n/a n/a 0 900
1992 665 33 147 38 1 n/a n/a 0 884
1993 641 27 149 38 1 n/a n/a 0 856
1994 617 39 166 43 1 n/a n/a 0 866
1995 617 50 176 53 0 n/a n/a 0 896
1996 617 50 176 53 0 n/a n/a 0 896
1998 607 40 174 42 0 n/a n/a 0 863
1999 603 36 183 45 0 n/a n/a 0 867
2000 585 40 189 52 1 n/a n/a -2 865
2001 557 43 189 60 1 n/a n/a 0 850
2002 587 36 226 78 2 n/a n/a 0 929
2003 587 36 226 78 2 n/a n/a 0 929
2004 570 35 252 98 2 n/a n/a 0 957
2005 575 41 260 99 1 n/a n/a 0 976
2006 566 44 265 112 0 n/a n/a 0 987
2007 549 42 263 113 0 n/a n/a 0 967
2008 565 46 300 104 0 n/a n/a 0 1015
2009 560 43 320 108 0 1 2 0 1034
2010 558 44 325 110 0 2 5 0 1044
2011 560 46 335 97 1 2 1 0 1042
2012 534 45 331 99 1 2 4 0 1016
2013 510 52 313 111 1 2 10 0 999
2014 485 53 317 108 1 1 14 0 979
2015 461 48 303 107 1 1 15 0 936
2016 464 46 308 109 0 0 16 0 943
2017 438 42 308 109 0 1 18 0 916
2018 418 31 309 116 0 1 22 0 897
2019 406 33 314 134 0 2 24 0 913
2020 404 34 325 134 0 3 23 0 923
2021 377 33 318 170 0 3 24 0 925
2022 348 37 316 168 0 2 26 1 898
2023 322 40 310 184 1 1 27 1 886
2024 324 40 321 219 0 1 32 0 937

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Parsippany High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1071 83.0 12.9 n/a
1989 989 77.0 12.8 n/a
1990 911 77.0 11.8 0.3
1991 900 71.0 12.6 0.2
1992 884 66.0 13.3 0.3
1993 856 65.6 13.0 0.7
1994 866 67.2 12.9 2
1995 896 74.6 12.0 3.2
1996 896 74.6 12.0 3.2
1998 863 64.6 13.4 2.4
1999 867 72.7 11.9 2.3
2000 865 67.7 12.8 4.6
2001 850 67.9 12.5 7.3
2002 929 70.4 13.2 7.4
2003 929 70.4 13.2 7.4
2004 957 72.6 13.2 8.7
2005 976 73.6 13.3 n/a
2006 987 79.2 12.5 9.4
2007 967 83.0 11.7 8.3
2008 1015 76.0 13.4 8.4
2009 1034 78.9 11.2 10.6
2010 1044 77.0 13.5 11.7
2011 1042 69.6 14.9 13
2012 1016 95.9 10.5 15.6
2013 999 87.7 11.3 14
2014 979 96.5 10.1 18.6
2015 936 86.0 10.8 22
2016 943 90.0 10.4 21.6
2017 916 86.3 10.6 22.2
2018 897 89.6 10.0 21.4
2019 913 86.4 10.5 20.3
2020 923 87.6 10.5 19.4
2021 925 88.7 10.4 20.4
2022 898 89.4 10.0 14.9
2023 886 92.6 9.5 18.1
2024 937 95.2 9.8 23.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Parsippany High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1071 83.0 12.9 n/a
1989 989 77.0 12.8 n/a
1990 911 77.0 11.8 0.3
1991 900 71.0 12.6 0.2
1992 884 66.0 13.3 0.3
1993 856 65.6 13.0 0.7
1994 866 67.2 12.9 2
1995 896 74.6 12.0 3.2
1996 896 74.6 12.0 3.2
1998 863 64.6 13.4 2.4
1999 867 72.7 11.9 2.3
2000 865 67.7 12.8 4.6
2001 850 67.9 12.5 7.3
2002 929 70.4 13.2 7.4
2003 929 70.4 13.2 7.4
2004 957 72.6 13.2 8.7
2005 976 73.6 13.3 n/a
2006 987 79.2 12.5 9.4
2007 967 83.0 11.7 8.3
2008 1015 76.0 13.4 8.4
2009 1034 78.9 11.2 10.6
2010 1044 77.0 13.5 11.7
2011 1042 69.6 14.9 13
2012 1016 95.9 10.5 15.6
2013 999 87.7 11.3 14
2014 979 96.5 10.1 18.6
2015 936 86.0 10.8 22
2016 943 90.0 10.4 21.6
2017 916 86.3 10.6 22.2
2018 897 89.6 10.0 21.4
2019 913 86.4 10.5 20.3
2020 923 87.6 10.5 19.4
2021 925 88.7 10.4 20.4
2022 898 89.4 10.0 14.9
2023 886 92.6 9.5 18.1
2024 937 95.2 9.8 23.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Parsippany High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $42 (0.3%) $12,360 (99.7%) $12,402

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Parsippany High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 91st of 416 High schoolsRanks 98th of 422 High schools
 1.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
9th Grade English Language Arts (Parsippany High School)72.966.5
 6.4%
   9th Grade English Language Arts (Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District)71.963.2
 8.7%
   9th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)55.952.1
 3.8%
9th Grade Algebra I (Parsippany High School)49.432.2
 17.2%
   9th Grade Algebra I (Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District)49.336.9
 12.4%
   9th Grade Algebra I (New Jersey)27.219.2
 8%
9th Grade Geometry (Parsippany High School)93.290.9
 2.3%
   9th Grade Geometry (Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District)9490.6
 3.4%
   9th Grade Geometry (New Jersey)59.150
 9.1%
End of Course Algebra I (Parsippany High School)47.931.6
 16.3%
   End of Course Algebra I (Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District)66.755.5
 11.2%
   End of Course Algebra I (New Jersey)43.335.1
 8.2%
End of Course Geometry (Parsippany High School)41.590.9
 49.4%
   End of Course Geometry (Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District)44.494.7
 50.3%
   End of Course Geometry (New Jersey)32.251.2
 19%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students913886
 3%
African American3340
 21.2%
American Indian01
Asian314310
 1.3%
Hispanic134184
 37.3%
Pacific Islander21
 50%
White406322
 20.7%
Two or More Races2427
 12.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients20.3%18.1%
 2.2%


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Parsippany High School ranks 136th of 426 New Jersey high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 937 students attended Parsippany High School.

Students at Parsippany High School are 35% White, 34% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 4% African American, 3% Two or more races.


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