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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the School #14 administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLIFTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340330004788
School #14
99 ST ANDREWS BOULEVARD, CLIFTON, NJ 07012 · (973) 470-2411 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
224 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
44.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 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
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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
355
-53 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 12.2:1
% White
38%
was 41%
% Hispanic
43%
was 33%
% Black
6%
was 5%
% Asian
10%
was 19%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About School #14
Located at 99 ST ANDREWS BOULEVARD, in CLIFTON, New Jersey, School #14 is an average-sized primary school that hosts 355 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Clifton Public School District.
Across the 19 schools in Clifton Public School District (10,516 students total), School #14 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, School #14 shows that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 38% White, 10% Asian, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, On paper, School #14 has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), School #14 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.6%; this one delivers 37.1%.
Around the school, census data for Passaic County shows median household earnings sit near $87,522, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which School #14 is one.
Clifton Early Learner Academies - Brighton is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around School #14. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), School #14 ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.8%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 408 students in 2018 compared to 355 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 33% to 43% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.
On the community side, members of the School #14 community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 #12Elementary · 560 students
- School #17Elementary · 501 students
- School #13Elementary · 443 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 #12Elementary · 560 students
- School #17Elementary · 501 students
- School #13Elementary · 443 students
Nearby schools
- Clifton Early Learner Academies - Brighton0.5 mi · 327
- School #130.7 mi · 443
- School #90.8 mi · 306
- Clifton High School1.0 mi · 3,150
- School #21.1 mi · 401
- School #161.2 mi · 201
Frequently asked questions
About School #14How large is School #14?
School #14 enrolls approximately 355 students in grades PK-05.
Is School #14 an elementary, middle, or high school?
School #14 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at School #14?
The student-to-teacher ratio at School #14 is approximately 9.5:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at School #14?
Student demographics at School #14 are roughly 38% White, 43% Hispanic, 6% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is School #14 public or private?
School #14 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.