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Enrollment
478
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLIFFSIDE PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340327000308
School #4
279 COLUMBIA AVENUE, CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ 07010 · (201) 313-2340 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
273 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
66.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
56.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
478
-99 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.2:1
% White
47%
was 44%
% Hispanic
43%
was 46%
% Black
3%
was 2%
% Asian
7%
was 8%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cliffside Park School District
- Cliffside Park High SchoolHigh · 1,314 students
- School #6/Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- School #3Elementary · 359 students
- School #5Elementary · 305 students
Other schools in CLIFFSIDE PARK
- Cliffside Park High SchoolHigh · 1,314 students
- School #6/Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- School #3Elementary · 359 students
- School #5Elementary · 305 students
Nearby schools
- School #6/Middle School0.3 mi · 679
- Cliffside Park High School0.4 mi · 1,314
- Bergen Boulevard School0.5 mi · 187
- Eleanor Van Gelder0.5 mi · 384
- School #30.7 mi · 359
- Number Three School0.7 mi · 668
Frequently asked questions
About School #4How many students attend School #4?
School #4 enrolls approximately 478 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does School #4 serve?
School #4 serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at School #4?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at School #4.
How diverse is School #4?
School #4 reports a student body of 47% White, 43% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees School #4?
School #4 is overseen by Cliffside Park School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.