Enrollment
185
Middle
STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLASSICAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CLIFTON·NCES 340005200351
Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton
1255 Main Avenue, CLIFTON, NJ 07011 · (973) 278-7707 · Passaic County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
10 FTE teachers
STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
100 students
STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 31% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
53.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
41.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 41.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 40.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton
Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton this school | 185 | 54.1% | 39.7% |
| Alfred S. Faust Middle School East Rutherford | 240 | 51.7% | 52.1% |
| Ventnor Middle School VENTNOR | 176 | 52.8% | 47.0% |
| Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School JAMESBURG | 217 | 65.9% | 32.9% |
| Memorial Middle School EATONTOWN | 270 | 50.0% | 44.5% |
| Halsted Middle School NEWTON | 280 | 53.6% | 34.0% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #261 of 433 | #13 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #219 of 437 ▼ 8 | #8 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #273 of 437 ▼ 54 | #12 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #424 of 445 | #20 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #122 of 436 | #8 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
185
+3 (+2%) vs 2020
+115% since 2000-01, when it was 86
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 185 | 10 | 18.5:1 | 54% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 161 | 10.8 | 15.0:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 163 | 13 | 12.5:1 | 23% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 182 | 13 | 14.0:1 | 15% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 118 | 12.3 | 9.6:1 | 39% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 118 | 7 | 16.9:1 | 20% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 112 | 8 | 14.0:1 | 36% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 86 | N/A | N/A | 31% (27) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton.
Since 2017-18: students up 57% (118 to 185); teachers down 18% (12.3 to 10).
About Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton
Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton is a very small middle school in CLIFTON, New Jersey. It enrolls 185 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 5 through 8. That is 68% below the average of about 578 students for middle schools in New Jersey.
Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton is its own local education agency in federal data.
The largest group at Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton is Hispanic students, at 50%. Enrollment also includes 31% White, 14% Asian, and 3% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton scores 63%.
Teacher count: 10 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 18.5:1. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 10.9:1. Roughly 54% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New Jersey public middle schools, Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.7%, compared with a predicted 36.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Passaic County show that the median household earns about $87,522 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 155, with about 83,237 students.
Christopher Columbus Middle School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 39.7% versus a 29.2% average.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton as a charter school.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 182 in 2020-21, 185 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.0:1 to 18.5:1.
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Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Classical Academy Charter School of CliftonHow many students attend Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton?
Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton enrolls approximately 185 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton serve?
Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton have?
Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton?
At Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton, the student body is approximately 31% White, 50% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton public or private?
Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton.
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