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Alumni: what's one memory from School #5 that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLIFTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340330004776
School #5
136 VALLEY ROAD, CLIFTON, NJ 07013 · (973) 470-2386 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
213 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
59%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
43.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
43.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 11 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.1% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 34.5% | 31.9% |
% 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 #5
School #5's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| School #5 this school | 398 | 53.5% | 32.9% |
| Charles Olbon School Woodland Park | 404 | 52.5% | N/A |
| Gantner Avenue School ELMWOOD PARK | 339 | 56.9% | 42.5% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary School JAMESBURG | 477 | 57.0% | 30.0% |
| Robert L. Craig School MOONACHIE | 356 | 60.7% | 56.9% |
| Belmar Elementary BELMAR | 400 | 56.0% | 46.3% |
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 #5 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #908 of 1,290 | #42 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #717 of 1,319 ▲ 168 | #31 of 87 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #869 of 1,319 ▲ 119 | #42 of 87 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #704 of 1,562 | #44 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #552 of 1,390 | #27 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #535 of 1,392 | #18 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.5% | #548 of 1,481 | #59 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #491 of 545 | #16 of 18 |
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
398
+25 (+7%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 398 | 37 | 10.8:1 | 54% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 37 | 11.3:1 | 47% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 36 | 11.4:1 | 54% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 31 | 12.0:1 | 44% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 41% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 29 | 13.2:1 | 40% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 36% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 17 | 17.7:1 | 13% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 245 | 14 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for School #5.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (392 to 398); teachers up 32% (28 to 37).
About School #5
Families in CLIFTON, New Jersey, are served by School #5, a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 398 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Clifton Public School District is made up of 19 schools with 10,516 students in all.
More than half of the students at School #5 are Hispanic (56%). The remaining shares are 30% White, 9% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Passaic County's population at about 44%. The diversity index for School #5 is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 37 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.8:1. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 54%.
School #5 earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
A school with School #5's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 36.9%. School #5 scores 32.9%, 3.9 points below that line.
Looking at the county, Passaic County, median household income comes to about $87,522, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 155, with about 83,237 students.
School #5 is about 0.4 miles from Dr. Hani Awadallah School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. School #5 ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 32.9% against a local average of 24.1%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 373 (2020-21) to 398 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.0:1 to 10.8:1.
On allk12, people connected to School #5 can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 #5 schools
One other US public school is named School #5. School #5 is the largest of the 2.
- School #5CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ · 305 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. Hani Awadallah School0.4 mi · 575
- School 80.7 mi · 411
- Charles J. Riley/ School 90.9 mi · 682
- School #41.0 mi · 130
- John P. Holland Charter School1.0 mi · 787
- Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology1.0 mi · 1,708
Frequently asked questions
About School #5How many students attend School #5?
School #5 enrolls approximately 398 students in grades KG-05.
Is School #5 an elementary, middle, or high school?
School #5 is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does School #5 have?
School #5 employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the student diversity at School #5?
Student demographics at School #5 are roughly 30% White, 56% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees School #5?
School #5 is overseen by Clifton Public School District in Passaic County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.