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
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% 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.
- BBeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 21 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
64%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
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.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 24.8% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like School #4
School #4's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| School #4 this school | 130 | 86.2% | 25.5% |
| Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School SEASIDE HTS | 157 | 79.6% | 27.1% |
| Roosevelt School LODI | 148 | 68.9% | 54.1% |
| Lakewood Early Childhood Center LAKEWOOD | 248 | 85.1% | N/A |
| Compass Academy Charter School Vineland | 183 | 80.3% | 34.4% |
| School #1 CLIFTON | 255 | 76.5% | 33.6% |
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 #4 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #1,041 of 1,290 | #51 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #907 of 1,319 ▲ 113 | #41 of 87 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,045 of 1,319 ▲ 104 | #51 of 87 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 130 | #1,483 of 1,562 | #96 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #110 of 1,481 | #17 of 97 |
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
130
-11 (-8%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 123
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 130 | 15 | 8.7:1 | 86% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 141 | 13 | 10.8:1 | 79% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 174 | 14 | 12.4:1 | 80% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 141 | 11 | 12.8:1 | 73% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 174 | 14.5 | 12.0:1 | 69% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 189 | 12 | 15.8:1 | 72% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 172 | 14 | 12.3:1 | 63% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 166 | 8 | 20.8:1 | 31% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 123 | 7 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for School #4.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (174 to 130); teachers up 3% (14.5 to 15).
About School #4
School #4, located in CLIFTON, New Jersey, is a small elementary school. It enrolled 130 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
School #4 is part of Clifton Public School District, where 19 schools serve 10,516 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at School #4, at 49%. Other reported shares: 32% White, 9% Asian, and 8% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.7:1, with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.8 students per teacher below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 86% of enrollment. That is higher than the 61% average for public schools in Passaic County.
The allk12 Grade for School #4 is C+. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
School #4 is 6.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (25.5% versus 19.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Across Passaic County, the median household income is $87,522, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Passaic County is home to 155 public schools and about 83,237 public school students.
The nearest other public school, School #1, is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. School #4 places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, School #4's enrollment dropped 8%, to 130. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.8:1 to 8.7:1.
Discussions about School #4 may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 #4 schools
One other US public school is named School #4. School #4 is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- School #4CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ · 478 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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