School #5

School #5 operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in CLIFTON, New Jersey, one of the schools within Clifton Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 398 students spanning grades K through 5.

School #5 is one of 19 schools operated by Clifton Public School District, a district that enrolls 10,516 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, School #5 lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 30% White, 9% Asian, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Passaic County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, School #5 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 32.9%, a residual of -3.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Passaic County put median household income runs about $87,522, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which School #5 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dr. Hani Awadallah School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, School #5 comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 24.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 392 students in 2018 compared to 398 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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