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Enrollment
1,314
High
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLIFFSIDE PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340327000304
Cliffside Park High School
64 Riverview Avenue, CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ 07010 · (201) 313-2370 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,314 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of New Jersey public high schools
- CTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
923 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 355 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 366 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 311 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 282 | 21% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cliffside Park School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
41.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
19.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.9% | 19.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 18.4% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Cliffside Park High School
Cliffside Park High School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffside Park High School this school | 1,314 | 70.2% | 27.9% |
| Kearny High School KEARNY | 1,825 | 70.4% | 27.4% |
| Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy ELIZABETH | 1,268 | 76.8% | 62.6% |
| Belleville High School BELLEVILLE | 1,590 | 69.9% | 18.6% |
| East Side High School NEWARK | 2,046 | 77.2% | 12.9% |
| Long Branch High School LONG BRANCH | 1,500 | 75.3% | 15.5% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 Cliffside Park High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #267 of 397 | #45 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #256 of 400 ▲ 23 | #44 of 48 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #250 of 395 ▲ 29 | #44 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,314 | #101 of 442 | #4 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #319 of 388 | #46 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #326 of 389 | #48 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.2% | #66 of 405 | #2 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.9% | #95 of 173 | #10 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,314
+133 (+11%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 880
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 1,314 | 94 | 14.0:1 | 70% (923) |
| 2023-24 | 1,283 | 95 | 13.5:1 | 58% (742) |
| 2022-23 | 1,240 | 95 | 13.1:1 | 44% (544) |
| 2020-21 | 1,181 | 87 | 13.6:1 | 48% (565) |
| 2017-18 | 1,218 | 88 | 13.8:1 | 58% (704) |
| 2015-16 | 1,121 | 84 | 13.3:1 | 64% (716) |
| 2010-11 | 986 | 73 | 13.5:1 | 52% (508) |
| 2000-01 | 1,020 | 79 | 12.9:1 | 34% (350) |
| 1990-91 | 880 | 73 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cliffside Park High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,218 to 1,314); teachers up 7% (88 to 94).
About Cliffside Park High School
Cliffside Park High School is a mid-sized high school serving families in CLIFFSIDE PARK, New Jersey. It had 1,314 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 929 students for high schools in New Jersey.
Enrollment across the 5 schools in Cliffside Park School District totals 3,135 students.
About 77% of the student body at Cliffside Park High School is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 19% White. County-wide, 23% of Bergen County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Cliffside Park High School are from different groups.
There are 94 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.0:1. Compared with the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Bergen County, the average is 28%.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Cliffside Park High School outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Cliffside Park High School, the prediction is 27.7% and the result is 27.9%.
In Bergen County, median household income comes to about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 291, with about 133,883 students.
Of the public schools around it, Cliffside Park High School is closest to School #3, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.0%; Cliffside Park High School's is 27.9%, ranking 5th of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment increased 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cliffside Park School District
- School #6/Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- School #4Elementary · 478 students
- School #3Elementary · 359 students
- School #5Elementary · 305 students
Other schools in CLIFFSIDE PARK
- School #6/Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- School #4Elementary · 478 students
- School #3Elementary · 359 students
- School #5Elementary · 305 students
Nearby schools
- School #30.3 mi · 359
- School #40.4 mi · 478
- School #6/Middle School0.4 mi · 679
- Eleanor Van Gelder0.5 mi · 384
- Number Three School0.5 mi · 668
- Bergen Boulevard School0.7 mi · 187
Frequently asked questions
About Cliffside Park High SchoolHow many students attend Cliffside Park High School?
Cliffside Park High School enrolls approximately 1,314 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Cliffside Park High School serve?
Cliffside Park High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Cliffside Park High School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Cliffside Park High School.
How diverse is Cliffside Park High School?
Cliffside Park High School reports a student body of 19% White, 77% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Cliffside Park High School public or private?
Cliffside Park High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cliffside Park School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.