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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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
560
-124 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.4:1
% White
12%
was 10%
% Hispanic
84%
was 86%
% Black
1%
was 3%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About School #12
School #12 is an elementary school of average-sized scale in CLIFTON, New Jersey, overseen by Clifton Public School District, educateing 560 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so School #12 sits 38% bigger than that benchmark.
Within Clifton Public School District, which oversees 19 schools and 10,516 students, School #12 is one campus in the system.
Demographically, School #12 reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). The remainder comes out to 12% White. By comparison, Passaic County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, School #12 has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting School #12 tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at School #12 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Passaic County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, School #12 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.0%.
In the broader community, census data for Passaic County shows the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. School #12 is one of 155 public schools in Passaic County (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students).
Nearest neighbor: School #17, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around School #12. On composite proficiency, School #12 comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at School #12 has ticked down 18%, going from 684 students in 2018 to 560 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.
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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.