Woodcliff Middle School

Woodcliff Middle School is one of the compact middle schools in WOODCLIFF LAKE, New Jersey, overseen by Woodcliff Lake School District, with 238 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 59% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Woodcliff Lake School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 732 students; Woodcliff Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Woodcliff Middle School records that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Woodcliff Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Woodcliff Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Bergen County reports that median household income runs about $124,884, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Woodcliff Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Dorchester Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Woodcliff Middle School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 68.3%.

Woodcliff Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Woodcliff Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 269 (now 238). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 4% to 11%.

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