School #5

School #5 operates as a close-knit elementary school in CLIFFSIDE PARK, New Jersey, part of Cliffside Park School District. Current enrollment sits at 305 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 25% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Cliffside Park School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,135 students; School #5 is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, School #5 shows that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 25% White, 4% Asian. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bergen County shows median household earnings sit near $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which School #5 is one.

Lincoln School Annex is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around School #5.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 326 students in 2018 compared to 305 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 60% to 69% across the same window.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.