School #2

Located at 1270 VAN HOUTEN AVENUE, in CLIFTON, New Jersey, School #2 is a mid-sized elementary-level community that caters to 401 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Clifton Public School District.

School #2 is one of 19 schools operated by Clifton Public School District, a district that hosts 10,516 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, School #2 logs that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 38% White, 12% Asian, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Passaic County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, School #2 shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 46% of students at School #2 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Passaic County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), School #2 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.9%, the actual is 46.2%, a residual of +5.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Passaic County) reports that median household income runs about $87,522, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. School #2 is one of 155 public schools in Passaic County (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students).

The closest other public school is Woodrow Wilson Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, School #2 comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

School #2 operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 418 students in 2018 compared to 401 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 33% to 44% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.