The top reported proficiency rate is 74% in Math. The lowest is 58% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Eastlake Elementary School
Eastlake Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in Parsippany, a large, multi-centered suburban township in Morris County. The school sits within one of the many residential neighborhoods that define Parsippany's dispersed character—a place with no traditional downtown, where highway corridors and office parks carry much of the commercial and civic life. Major corporate employers including Allergan, Zoetis, and Avis Budget Group are headquartered here, and the township has seen steady population growth and increasing diversity, with a significant Asian American community.
Eastlake is a regular public elementary school in the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District. The district has been engaged in community discussions about expanding full-day kindergarten and modernizing school facilities, matters that carry direct implications for families with younger children.
The school's student body is large for an elementary building, and its demographic profile reflects the broader community's diversity. The largest share of students is Asian American, with a smaller but substantial share of white students, a smaller share of Hispanic students, and a very small share of Black students. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, well below the state average, which points to the relative affluence of the neighborhood.
State testing results from the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments place Eastlake well above the typical elementary school in Morris County. Overall proficiency across tested grades and subjects lands in the top quarter of all elementary schools in the county, which includes over three dozen districts. In math, performance is strongest at the fifth-grade level, where a large majority of students meet the proficient benchmark. Fourth-grade math shows a similarly strong result, and third-grade math, while a bit lower, is still comfortably above the county median. In English language arts, proficiency rises with each grade: third-grade results are the softest and fall below the school's own average, but by fourth and fifth grade a solid majority of students are meeting the standard. Science, tested only in fifth grade, shows a smaller majority reaching proficiency, a pattern common across many elementary schools. A parent may want to ask the school about support for early-literacy skills in the primary grades, where the ELA numbers are notably lower than the upper grades.
Because Eastlake serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate, no chronic absenteeism data, and no course access information—those metrics apply to secondary schools. The school's civil rights data was not available in this profile.
The neighborhood around Eastlake sits within a housing market that is expensive. Home values in the surrounding ZIP code are well above national medians, and rents are similarly high. The market has been active, with homes selling quickly. This is consistent with Parsippany's reputation as a desirable, corporate-and-commuter-oriented suburb that has repeatedly appeared on national "best places to live" lists.
For a family considering whether Eastlake fits, the picture is largely a positive one. The school delivers consistently strong academic results, is set in a high-demand housing market, and serves a diverse student body. The primary area for a closer look is the early-grade reading performance, which is lower than what the school achieves in math and in upper-grade ELA. The district's ongoing discussion about full-day kindergarten may also be relevant for parents of young children, since some elementary schools in the district still offer only half-day programs.
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