Editing Paramus, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Paramus Public Schools]] serve students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. As of the 2019–20 school year, the eight-school district had an enrollment of 3,760 students and 332.7 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.3:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3412420&DistrictID=3412420 District information for Paramus Public School District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112215942/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3412420&DistrictID=3412420 |date=November 12, 2020 }}, [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Schools in the district, with 2019–20 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]],<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412420 School Data for the Paramus Public Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203174256/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412420 |date=February 3, 2023 }}, [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 7, 2016.</ref> are 
Memorial Elementary School<ref>[http://memorial.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Memorial Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095653/http://memorial.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (302 students in grades K–4), 
Midland Elementary School<ref>[http://midland.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Midland Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095658/http://midland.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (177 students in grades K–4), 
Parkway Elementary School<ref>[http://parkway.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Parkway Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095703/http://parkway.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (314 students in grades Pre-K–4), 
Ridge Ranch Elementary School<ref>[http://ridgeranch.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Ridge Ranch Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095708/http://ridgeranch.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (337 students in grades K–4), 
Stony Lane Elementary School<ref>[http://stonylane.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Stony Lane Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095713/http://stonylane.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (186 students in grades K–4), 
East Brook Middle School<ref>[http://ebms.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Eastbrook Middle School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520141457/http://ebms.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 20, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (575 students in grades 5–8), 
West Brook Middle School<ref>[http://wbms.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Westbrook Middle School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095718/http://wbms.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (577 students in grades 5–8) and 
[[Paramus High School]]<ref>[http://phs.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Paramus High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520200732/http://phs.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 20, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (1,253 students in grades 9–12).<ref>[http://www.paramus.k12.nj.us/Our-Schools Our Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095853/http://www.paramus.k12.nj.us/Our-Schools |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3930 New Jersey School Directory for the Paramus Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Three of the district's schools have been formally recognized with the [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence]]: Paramus High School in 1988–1989, Parkway Elementary School in 1987–1988 and Ridge Ranch Elementary School in 1998–1999.<ref>Glovin, David. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022015728/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22459326.html "Two Bergen Schools Pocket National Awards"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 22, 1999. Accessed June 29, 2011. "The Cherry Hill School in River Edge and the Ridge Ranch School in Paramus were among the 266 public and private elementary schools that were named 1998–99 Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Education Department."</ref><ref>[http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf#page=53 Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982–1983 through 1999–2002 (PDF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326055622/http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf#page=53|date=March 26, 2009}}, [[United States Department of Education]], pp. 53–54. Accessed March 27, 2011.</ref>

Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the [[Bergen County Technical Schools]], which include the [[Bergen County Academies]] in [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]], and the [[Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro Campus|Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro]] or [[Bergen County Technical High School, Paramus Campus|Bergen Tech campus in Paramus]]. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.<ref>[http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014000910/http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us |date=October 14, 2013 }}, [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 12, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions Admissions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305034226/https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions |date=March 5, 2017 }}, [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref>

Paramus is home to many private religious schools. [[Paramus Catholic High School]] is a co-educational [[Roman Catholic]] [[Secondary education in the United States|high school]] founded in 1965 and operated by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark|Archdiocese of Newark]].<ref>[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/high-school/bergen-county-catholic-high-schools/ Bergen County Catholic High Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812060714/https://catholicschoolsnj.org/high-school/bergen-county-catholic-high-schools/ |date=August 12, 2017 }}, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed July 20, 2016.</ref> With more than 1,500 students, it has the largest enrollment of any Roman Catholic high school in the state of [[New Jersey]].<ref>Alex, Patricia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121021080557/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-107093606.html "Pope held special spot in hearts of youth"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 5, 2005. Accessed August 21, 2008. "Today a memorial Mass will be celebrated at the school – the largest Catholic school in the state, and the rosary will be said in 10 languages..."</ref> It is also the location of Visitation Academy, a Pre-K3–8 [[Catholic school]] also overseen by the Newark Archdiocese.<ref>[http://catholicschoolsnj.org/high-school/bergen-county-catholic-high-schools/ Bergen County Catholic High Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814003212/http://catholicschoolsnj.org/high-school/bergen-county-catholic-high-schools/ |date=August 14, 2015 }}, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed June 1, 2015.</ref>

K–8 co-ed [[Jewish day school]]s in Paramus include [[Yavneh Academy (New Jersey)|Yavneh Academy]];<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927063154/http://www.yavnehacademy.org/about-yavneh/mission-statement Mission Statement], Yavneh Academy. Accessed December 26, 2011.</ref> Yeshivat Noam, founded in 2001;<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120426072201/http://www.yeshivatnoam.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=352& Capital Campaign], Yeshivat Noam. Accessed December 25, 2011.</ref> and Ben Porat Yosef, which was established in 2001 and relocated to Paramus in 2008.<ref>Lipowsky, Josh. [https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/ben-porat-yosef-headed-for-paramus/ "Ben Porat Yosef headed for Paramus"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127211803/https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/ben-porat-yosef-headed-for-paramus/ |date=January 27, 2020 }}, ''[[Jewish Standard]]'', August 22, 2008. Accessed January 27, 2020. "After seven years of renting space in a Leonia synagogue, Yeshiva Ben Porat Yosef is moving into the old Frisch building rather than the Jewish Center of Teaneck as its board had planned.... Ben Porat Yosef had held classes in Sons of Israel since the school was founded in 2001 and needed more space each year as it added grades... When the prospect arose for BPY to move the entire school to Paramus, however, the yeshiva had to take it, said Yehuda Kohn, BPY’s vice president."</ref> [[Frisch School]] is a [[Modern Orthodox Judaism|Modern Orthodox Jewish]] [[yeshiva]] serving grades 9–12 that describes itself as the nation's second-largest coed yeshiva high school.<ref>[http://www.frischdinner.com/files/The_Frisch_School_Annual_Dinner_Journal_2009.pdf#page=18 Thirty-Fifth Annual Dinner Journal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326092946/http://www.frischdinner.com/files/The_Frisch_School_Annual_Dinner_Journal_2009.pdf#page=18 |date=March 26, 2012 }}, [[Frisch School]], February 7, 2009, p. 18. Accessed June 29, 2011. "Under his direction, our school has grown to be the second largest coed yeshiva high school in the United States."</ref>

[[Bergen Community College]] is based in Paramus, with other satellite centers located around the county. The bulk of the college's 17,000 students working towards degrees are located at the main campus in Paramus.<ref>[http://www.bergen.edu/aboutbergen About Bergen Community College] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519060455/http://www.bergen.edu/aboutbergen |date=May 19, 2015 }}. [[Bergen Community College]]. Accessed June 1, 2015. Founded in 1965 to satisfy the region's need for a convenient, affordable and comprehensive higher education destination, Bergen Community College now enrolls nearly 17,000 students in its academic degree programs. The College's three sites in Paramus (main campus), Hackensack (Ciarco Learning Center) and Lyndhurst (Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands) serve more than 32,000 students in degree, continuing education and adult education programs."</ref> The Bergen campus of [[Berkeley College]] is located in Paramus.<ref>[http://berkeleycollege.edu/locations_bc/paramus.htm Paramus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024222409/http://berkeleycollege.edu/locations_bc/paramus.htm |date=October 24, 2014 }}, [[Berkeley College]]. Accessed October 24, 2014.</ref> There is also a [[DeVry University]] campus located at the 35 Plaza Shopping Center in Paramus.<ref>[http://www.devry.edu/universities/new-jersey/paramus-center.html Paramus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709231218/http://www.devry.edu/universities/new-jersey/paramus-center.html |date=July 9, 2015 }}, [[DeVry University]]. Accessed August 1, 2015.</ref> There is a [[Lincoln Tech]] campus at [[Bergen Town Center]].<ref>[http://www.lincolnedu.com/campus/paramus-nj Lincoln Tech | Paramus, NJ Campus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812053835/http://www.lincolnedu.com/campus/paramus-nj |date=August 12, 2015 }}. Accessed August 14, 2015.</ref>

Paramus is home to five special education schools. New Alliance Academy, located on Midland Ave, provides educational and ancillary therapeutic services for high school teenagers experiencing acute psychological distress.<ref>[https://newallianceacademy.com/about-us/overview Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107011505/https://newallianceacademy.com/about-us/overview |date=November 7, 2017 }}, New Alliance Academy. Accessed October 6, 2019.</ref> Bleshman Regional Day School, located on East Ridgewood Avenue, serves students ages three through twenty-one years of age with multiple disabilities.<ref>[https://www.bergen.org/domain/163 Bleshman Regional Day School], [[Bergen County Special Services School District]]. Accessed April 21, 2024.</ref> The EPIC School (Educational Partnership for Instructing Children) is located on North Farview Avenue, next to the Our Lady of Visitation Church.<ref>[http://www.epicschool.org Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506205904/http://www.epicschool.org/ |date=May 6, 2014 }}, EPIC School. Accessed October 24, 2014.</ref> The Alpine Learning Group is located on [[County Route 62 (Bergen County, New Jersey)|County Route 62]], close to Linwood Avenue,<ref>[http://www.alpinelearninggroup.org/about-us/alpine-learning-group-history History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025193530/http://www.alpinelearninggroup.org/about-us/alpine-learning-group-history |date=October 25, 2014 }}, Alpine Learning Group. Accessed October 24, 2014.</ref> and P.R.I.D.E. School, which is a part of the ECLC school, which serves three other locations in New Jersey, has a location on Sette Drive.<ref>[http://www.eclcofnj.org/contact.html Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031212128/http://www.eclcofnj.org/contact.html |date=October 31, 2016 }}, ECLC of New Jersey. Accessed October 31, 2016.</ref> The [[Bergen County Special Services School District]], which provides public special education services on a countywide basis, is headquartered in Paramus.<ref>[https://nj02213295.schoolwires.net/domain/52 Admissions], [[Bergen County Special Services School District]]. Accessed April 21, 2024.</ref>

===Public library===
The borough's public library maintains two locations—the Main Library on Century Road and the Charles E. Reid Branch library on Midland Avenue, which was originally a four-room schoolhouse built in 1876.<ref>[http://paramus.bccls.org/ Home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080825214758/http://paramus.bccls.org/ |date=August 25, 2008 }}, Paramus Public Library. Accessed August 24, 2008.</ref>

The borough's original public library, known locally as the Howland House, was originally located at the intersection of Spring Valley Road and Howland Avenue. It was demolished sometime in the late 1990s. A [[September 11 terrorist attack|September 11, 2001]] memorial park now exists at the site known as Howland Memorial Grove.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110314000340/http://www.paramusborough.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=96 Paramus Municipal Parks], Borough of Paramus. Accessed June 29, 2011.</ref>