Enrollment
201
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLIFTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340330004792
School #16
755 GROVE STREET, CLIFTON, NJ 07013 · (973) 470-2420 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-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
8.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
99 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
70%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
47.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
58.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 50.0% |
% 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 #16
School #16's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| School #16 this school | 201 | 49.3% | 46.8% |
| Lincoln School East Rutherford | 178 | 47.2% | 52.7% |
| Shaler Academy RIDGEFIELD | 179 | 45.8% | N/A |
| Watchung Elementary School MIDDLESEX | 221 | 41.6% | 57.4% |
| Roosevelt Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (ST PENNSAUKEN | 184 | 46.7% | 84.7% |
| Margaret L Vetter EATONTOWN | 232 | 53.4% | 40.6% |
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 #16 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #602 of 1,290 | #23 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #428 of 1,319 ▲ 118 | #16 of 87 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #786 of 1,319 ▼ 28 | #35 of 87 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 201 | #1,387 of 1,562 | #89 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #51 of 1,390 | #3 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #141 of 1,392 | #1 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.3% | #595 of 1,481 | #61 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #308 of 798 | #36 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
201
+6 (+3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 203
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 201 | 24.5 | 8.2:1 | 49% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 22 | 9.5:1 | 42% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 196 | 22 | 8.9:1 | 51% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 195 | 20 | 9.8:1 | 33% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 232 | 18 | 12.9:1 | 29% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 215 | 18 | 11.9:1 | 27% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 213 | 19 | 11.2:1 | 18% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 187 | 14 | 13.4:1 | 11% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 203 | 13 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for School #16.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (232 to 201); teachers up 36% (18 to 24.5).
About School #16
Located in CLIFTON, New Jersey, School #16 is a small elementary school. Enrollment is 201 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students, so this school is 50% smaller than average.
Clifton Public School District counts 19 schools and 10,516 students, including School #16.
School #16 has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 41%. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% White, 14% Asian, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share in Passaic County as a whole is similar, at about 44%. School #16's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.2:1 at School #16, with 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.2 below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 49%. Across public schools in Passaic County, the average is 61%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, School #16 receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.2%. School #16 scores 46.8%.
Federal survey data for Passaic County show that the median household income is $87,522, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Passaic County is home to 155 public schools and about 83,237 public school students.
Bradford Elementary School is located about 0.8 miles from School #16. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, School #16 is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around School #16 as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 3% from its 2020-21 level of 195. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.8:1 in 2020-21 to 8.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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 #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
- Bradford Elementary School0.8 mi · 388
- Northeast Elementary School0.9 mi · 391
- School #141.2 mi · 355
- School #21.2 mi · 401
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School1.2 mi · 1,255
- Clifton High School1.5 mi · 3,150
Frequently asked questions
About School #16How many students attend School #16?
School #16 enrolls approximately 201 students in grades KG-05.
Is School #16 an elementary, middle, or high school?
School #16 is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at School #16?
Approximately 8.2:1 students per teacher at School #16.
How diverse is School #16?
School #16 reports a student body of 32% White, 41% Hispanic, 7% Black, 14% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees School #16?
School #16 is overseen by Clifton Public School District in Passaic County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.