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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLIFTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340330004784
School #12
165 CLIFTON AVENUE, CLIFTON, NJ 07011 · (973) 470-2404 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of New Jersey public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
482 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
34.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
30.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.2% | 30.7% |
| 2023-24 | 28.3% | 23.7% |
% 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
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 School #12
School #12's state test result (25.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| School #12 this school | 560 | 86.1% | 25.0% |
| School #17 CLIFTON | 501 | 83.8% | 30.0% |
| Washington Elementary School KEARNY | 557 | 83.5% | 23.9% |
| Academy Street Elementary School DOVER | 509 | 83.3% | 17.5% |
| Albio Sires Elementary School WEST NEW YORK | 518 | 88.2% | 34.1% |
| Harry L Bain WEST NEW YORK | 599 | 86.0% | 33.6% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary 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 School #12 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #1,048 of 1,290 | #52 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #962 of 1,319 ▲ 72 | #46 of 87 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #1,037 of 1,319 ▲ 52 | #50 of 87 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #291 of 1,562 | #21 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #415 of 1,390 | #18 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.2% | #1,246 of 1,392 | #70 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.1% | #111 of 1,481 | #18 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #203 of 798 | #25 of 66 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
560
-56 (-9%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 560 | 54.5 | 10.3:1 | 86% (482) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 54 | 10.3:1 | 84% (465) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 57 | 9.7:1 | 82% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 57 | 10.8:1 | 82% (504) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 55 | 12.4:1 | 81% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 667 | 51 | 13.1:1 | 83% (551) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 43 | 13.8:1 | 74% (437) |
| 2000-01 | 745 | 39 | 19.1:1 | 51% (380) |
| 1990-91 | 429 | 20 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for School #12.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (684 to 560); teachers down 1% (55 to 54.5).
About School #12
School #12 is a medium-sized elementary school located in CLIFTON, New Jersey. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 560 students. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 38% above that.
A total of 19 schools make up Clifton Public School District, with 10,516 students enrolled.
The student body at School #12 is 84% Hispanic. Other groups make up 12% White. County-wide, 44% of Passaic County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 27%, meaning two students picked at random have a 27% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 54.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Lunch subsidy eligibility at School #12 is 86%. Among public schools in Passaic County, the average eligibility rate is 61%.
The allk12 Grade for School #12 is C+. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 35% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 19.1% at School #12; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.0%.
Passaic County census figures show that the median household income is $87,522, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 155 public schools in Passaic County, enrolling about 83,237 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, School #17 is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. School #12 has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 30.3% proficiency; School #12 posts 25.0%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 9% from 2020-21, when School #12 had 616 students, to 2024-25, when it had 560.
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clifton Public School District
- Clifton High SchoolHigh · 3,150 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,255 students
- Christopher Columbus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,092 students
- School #17Elementary · 501 students
- School #13Elementary · 443 students
- School #2Elementary · 401 students
Other schools in CLIFTON
- Clifton High SchoolHigh · 3,150 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,255 students
- Christopher Columbus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,092 students
- School #17Elementary · 501 students
- School #13Elementary · 443 students
- School #2Elementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- School #170.2 mi · 501
- Daniel F. Ryan Elementary School No. 190.4 mi · 590
- Hope Academy0.6 mi · 59
- Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton0.6 mi · 185
- Sallie D. Gamble School No. 70.6 mi · 289
- Theodore Roosevelt School No. 100.7 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About School #12What is the total enrollment at School #12?
School #12 enrolls approximately 560 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does School #12 serve?
School #12 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does School #12 have?
School #12 employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at School #12?
At School #12, the student body is approximately 12% White, 84% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is School #12 public or private?
School #12 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clifton Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.