Enrollment
257
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLIFTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340330004772
School #3
365 WASHINGTON AVENUE, CLIFTON, NJ 07011 · (973) 470-2390 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- ·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
13.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
180 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
55%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
45.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
43.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.9pp 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 43 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 39.2% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 #3
School #3's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| School #3 this school | 257 | 70.0% | 38.8% |
| Roosevelt School Manville | 213 | 64.8% | 28.1% |
| Joseph M. Ferraina Early Childhood Learning Center LONG BRANCH | 326 | 66.0% | N/A |
| School #1 CLIFTON | 255 | 76.5% | 33.6% |
| James Madison School #10 GARFIELD | 280 | 75.0% | 63.3% |
| School #15 CLIFTON | 282 | 70.2% | 29.7% |
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 #3 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #779 of 1,290 | #32 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #716 of 1,319 ▲ 42 | #30 of 87 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #826 of 1,319 ▲ 21 | #39 of 87 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #1,257 of 1,562 | #74 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,173 of 1,390 | #76 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #664 of 1,392 | #28 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #354 of 1,481 | #42 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #333 of 798 | #38 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
257
-25 (-9%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 223
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 257 | 19 | 13.5:1 | 70% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 227 | 18 | 12.6:1 | 67% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 17 | 14.3:1 | 69% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 17 | 16.6:1 | 59% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 20 | 14.7:1 | 53% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 291 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 56% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 275 | 15 | 18.3:1 | 47% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 251 | 11 | 22.8:1 | 20% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 223 | 9 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for School #3.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (294 to 257); teachers down 5% (20 to 19).
About School #3
School #3 is a public small elementary school in CLIFTON, New Jersey. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 257 students. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 37% lower.
Clifton Public School District includes 19 schools. Together they enroll 10,516 students.
More than half of enrollment at School #3 is Hispanic: 59%. The next largest groups are 31% White and 5% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 15 points above the 44% share among Passaic County residents. The diversity index for School #3 is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
School #3 has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.5:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 70% at School #3. The gap from the 61% average for public schools in Passaic County is 9 points.
School #3 holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 57% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
A school with School #3's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 27.8%. School #3 scores 38.8%, 11.0 points above that line.
In Passaic County, home to about 521,012 people, median household income comes to about $87,522, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Passaic County's 155 public schools enroll about 83,237 students and include School #3.
The closest school to School #3 is Christopher Columbus Middle School, located about 0.4 miles away. School #3 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 33.9% on proficiency, and School #3 is above that at 38.8%.
School #3 has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, School #3 enrolled 282 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 257. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 16.6:1 in 2020-21 to 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to School #3 can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Other School #3 schools
One other US public school is named School #3. School #3 is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- School #3CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Christopher Columbus Middle School0.4 mi · 1,092
- Clifton High School0.5 mi · 3,150
- School #10.6 mi · 255
- Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton0.7 mi · 185
- School #150.7 mi · 282
- School #20.8 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About School #3What is the total enrollment at School #3?
School #3 enrolls approximately 257 students in grades PK-05.
Is School #3 an elementary, middle, or high school?
School #3 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at School #3?
The student-to-teacher ratio at School #3 is approximately 13.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is School #3?
School #3 reports a student body of 31% White, 59% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees School #3?
School #3 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.