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If you could change one rule at School #17, what would it be?
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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLIFTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340330006132
School #17
361 LEXINGTON AVENUE, CLIFTON, NJ 07011 · (973) 458-6017 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
8.8:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
420 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 | 9 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
31%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
39.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
30.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.2% | 30.3% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 33.4% |
% 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 #17
School #17's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| School #17 this school | 501 | 83.8% | 30.0% |
| School #12 CLIFTON | 560 | 86.1% | 25.0% |
| Park Avenue Elementary School Freehold | 463 | 83.2% | 31.4% |
| Washington Elementary School KEARNY | 557 | 83.5% | 23.9% |
| Belleville PS8 BELLEVILLE | 505 | 80.6% | 19.8% |
| Red Bank Primary School RED BANK | 543 | 79.6% | 32.2% |
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 #17 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #959 of 1,290 | #44 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #968 of 1,319 ▼ 105 | #47 of 87 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #948 of 1,319 ▼ 15 | #44 of 87 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #405 of 1,562 | #26 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #105 of 1,390 | #5 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.9% | #1,214 of 1,392 | #69 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #150 of 1,481 | #24 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #415 of 798 | #45 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
501
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 501 | 57 | 8.8:1 | 84% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 49.5 | 10.1:1 | 80% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 49 | 10.9:1 | 83% (440) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 43 | 11.1:1 | 79% (375) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 47.5 | 11.8:1 | 77% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 42 | 14.6:1 | 74% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 69% (364) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for School #17.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (558 to 501); teachers up 20% (47.5 to 57).
About School #17
School #17 is a mid-sized elementary school in CLIFTON, New Jersey. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 501 students. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 405.
School #17 is part of a district of 19 schools: Clifton Public School District, with 10,516 students.
The share of Hispanic students at School #17 is 82%. The remaining shares are 12% White, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. Passaic County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, School #17 scores 31%.
There are about 8.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at School #17, which has 57. Elementary schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 11.4:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 84%. That is higher than the 61% average for public schools in Passaic County.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, School #17 outscored 45%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
In New Jersey, School #17 is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 30.0% actual against a predicted 20.3%.
Looking at the county, Passaic County, the median household earns about $87,522 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Passaic County has 155 public schools with about 83,237 students, including School #17.
Daniel F. Ryan Elementary School No. 19 is the nearest public school to School #17, about 0.2 miles away. School #17 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. School #17 comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 476 students in 2020-21 to 501 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.1:1 to 8.8:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at School #17. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 #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 #12Elementary · 560 students
- School #13Elementary · 443 students
- School #2Elementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- Daniel F. Ryan Elementary School No. 190.2 mi · 590
- School #120.2 mi · 560
- Sallie D. Gamble School No. 70.4 mi · 289
- Hope Academy0.4 mi · 59
- Theodore Roosevelt School No. 100.5 mi · 369
- Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton0.7 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About School #17How large is School #17?
School #17 enrolls approximately 501 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does School #17 serve?
School #17 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at School #17?
Approximately 8.8:1 students per teacher at School #17.
How diverse is School #17?
School #17 reports a student body of 12% White, 82% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees School #17?
School #17 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.