Enrollment
130
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLIFTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340330004774
School #4
194 WEST SECOND STREET, CLIFTON, NJ 07011 · (973) 470-2382 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL130 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
112 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
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
33.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
33.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
130
-44 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 12.0:1
% White
32%
was 44%
% Hispanic
49%
was 48%
% Black
8%
was 3%
% Asian
9%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About School #4
School #4 is one of the rural-scale K-5 schools in CLIFTON, New Jersey, one of the schools within Clifton Public School District, with 130 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so School #4 sits 68% below that benchmark.
Clifton Public School District runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 10,516 students. School #4 is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, School #4 records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 32% White, 9% Asian, 8% Black.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting School #4 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Passaic County's rate of about 61%.
With demographic context factored in, School #4 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.5%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Passaic County indicate median household earnings sit near $87,522, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which School #4 is one.
Nearest neighbor: School #1, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around School #4. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), School #4 ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 29.0%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Five-year trend. School #4's enrollment has decreased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 174 (now 130). The White share of enrollment decreased from 44% to 32% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.
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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
Nearby schools
- School #10.4 mi · 255
- Charles J. Riley/ School 90.5 mi · 682
- Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology0.6 mi · 1,708
- Christopher Columbus Middle School0.6 mi · 1,092
- Dr. Hani Awadallah School0.8 mi · 575
- School #30.9 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About School #4How many students attend School #4?
School #4 enrolls approximately 130 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does School #4 serve?
School #4 serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at School #4?
The student-to-teacher ratio at School #4 is approximately 8.7:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at School #4?
Student demographics at School #4 are roughly 32% White, 49% Hispanic, 8% Black, 9% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is School #4 in?
School #4 is part of Clifton Public School District.
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