School #3

As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in CLIFFSIDE PARK, New Jersey, School #3 enrolls 359 students from grades K through 4, run under Cliffside Park School District.

School #3 is one of 5 schools operated by Cliffside Park School District, a district that hosts 3,135 students overall.

In terms of who attends, School #3 records that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 16% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), School #3 ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 25.0%; School #3 posts 60.1%, +35.1 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Bergen County shows median household income runs about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. School #3 is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Number Three School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, School #3 comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 23%: 292 students in 2018 compared to 359 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 65% to 81%.

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