School #4

School #4 is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in CLIFFSIDE PARK, New Jersey, one of the schools within Cliffside Park School District, with 478 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Cliffside Park School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,135 students. School #4 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, School #4 reports that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 43% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 3% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, School #4 sits in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 34.9%; actual is 53.1%, +18.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Bergen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. School #4 is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Nearest neighbor: School #6/Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around School #4. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), School #4 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 577 students in 2018 compared to 478 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.