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Cliffside Park, NJ
Public School Ratings




Cliffside Park Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:  

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

Methodology:   Only Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location.


Cliffside Park School District details

Cliffside Park School District
525 Palisade Avenue
Cliffside Park, NJ 07010

3,164 Students enrolled in District

5 Schools in District

13 Students Per Classroom (State average is 12)

Cliffside Park School District School Quality Ratings

District Quality Compared to New Jersey

4

(10 is best)

Better than 32.1% of all NJ school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Better than 62.3% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
42%
45%
56%
52%
29%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math

Schools in this District

School Grades
Cliffside Park High School
64 Riverview Avenue
Cliffside Park, NJ, 07010
09-12
School #3
397 Palisade Avenue
Cliffside Park, NJ, 07010
KG-04
School #4
279 Columbia Avenue
Cliffside Park, NJ, 07010
KG-05
School #5
214 Day Ave
Cliffside Park, NJ, 07010
PK-04
School #6/middle
440 Oakdene Ave
Cliffside Park, NJ, 07010
05-08

School District Enrollment by Group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 26.6% 39.1%
Black 2.0% 14.9%
Hispanic 67.9% 34.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.3% 10.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 57.5% 37.1%
Free lunch eligible 48.0% 31.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.5% 5.7%

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,495 $42,699,000 61.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,316 $7,327,000 10.6%
Staff $248 $785,000 1.1%
General Administration $448 $1,416,000 2.0%
School Administration $982 $3,107,000 4.5%
Operation $1,172 $3,708,000 5.3%
Transportation $736 $2,329,000 3.4%
Other $488 $1,543,000 2.2%
Total Support $6,389 $20,215,000 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,058 $6,510,000 9.4%
Total Expenditures $21,942 $69,424,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,629 $20,370,924,000 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,803 $3,903,661,000 9.9%
Staff $872 $1,214,300,000 3.1%
General Administration $482 $671,066,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,195 $1,664,142,000 4.2%
Operation $2,241 $3,120,212,000 7.9%
Transportation $950 $1,322,740,000 3.3%
Other $616 $857,184,000 2.2%
Total Support $9,159 $12,753,305,000 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,641 $6,462,515,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $28,428 $39,586,744,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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