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What's something Woodrow Wilson Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,255
Middle
DISTRICT 1,174 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLIFTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340330004766
Woodrow Wilson Middle School
1400 VAN HOUTEN AVENUE, CLIFTON, NJ 07013 · (973) 470-2348 · Passaic County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,255 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
115 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
704 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 426 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 432 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 397 | 32% |
Student demographics
58%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Woodrow Wilson Middle School→Clifton High School
Based on grade levels within Clifton Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
46.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
34.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.2% | 34.1% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 33.4% |
% 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Woodrow Wilson Middle School
Woodrow Wilson Middle School's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson Middle School this school | 1,255 | 56.1% | 38.5% |
| Melvin H. Kreps Middle School EAST WINDSOR | 1,160 | 48.2% | 39.2% |
| Toms River Intermediate School North TOMS RIVER | 970 | 55.5% | 34.1% |
| Garfield Middle School GARFIELD | 971 | 66.6% | 33.9% |
| Albert E Grice Middle School HAMILTON | 991 | 64.0% | 28.8% |
| Frelinghuysen Middle School MORRISTOWN | 1,078 | 45.2% | 42.1% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Woodrow Wilson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #273 of 433 | #14 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #282 of 437 ▼ 16 | #13 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #309 of 437 ▼ 2 | #15 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,255 | #7 of 445 | #1 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #214 of 417 | #12 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #181 of 419 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #116 of 436 | #7 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #93 of 122 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,255
-21 (-2%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 813
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 1,255 | 115.4 | 10.9:1 | 56% (704) |
| 2023-24 | 1,232 | 113.4 | 10.9:1 | 54% (671) |
| 2022-23 | 1,189 | 108.8 | 10.9:1 | 57% (679) |
| 2020-21 | 1,276 | 108 | 11.8:1 | 48% (610) |
| 2017-18 | 1,217 | 106 | 11.5:1 | 49% (594) |
| 2015-16 | 1,202 | 108 | 11.1:1 | 50% (596) |
| 2010-11 | 1,376 | 83 | 16.6:1 | 36% (492) |
| 2000-01 | 1,247 | 88 | 14.2:1 | 20% (247) |
| 1990-91 | 813 | 55 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodrow Wilson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,217 to 1,255); teachers up 9% (106 to 115.4).
About Woodrow Wilson Middle School
Woodrow Wilson Middle School serves students in CLIFTON, New Jersey, as a large middle school. The school's 1,255 students are in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 117% higher than the average for middle schools in New Jersey, which is about 578.
The Clifton Public School District system has 19 schools and 10,516 students.
Roughly 57% of students at Woodrow Wilson Middle School are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 28% White, 8% Asian, and 5% Black. Among people living in Passaic County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 115.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Woodrow Wilson Middle School and a ratio of 10.9:1. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 56% of students.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Woodrow Wilson Middle School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Woodrow Wilson Middle School is 3.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
Census estimates describe Passaic County this way: the median household income is $87,522, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Passaic County has 154 other public schools.
Nearby, School #2 is about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Woodrow Wilson Middle School is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 1,276 to 1,255, a small change.
Community posts for Woodrow Wilson Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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
- Christopher Columbus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,092 students
- School #12Elementary · 560 students
- School #17Elementary · 501 students
- School #13Elementary · 443 students
- School #2Elementary · 401 students
Other schools in CLIFTON
- Clifton High SchoolHigh · 3,150 students
- Christopher Columbus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,092 students
- School #12Elementary · 560 students
- School #17Elementary · 501 students
- School #13Elementary · 443 students
- School #2Elementary · 401 students
Other Woodrow Wilson Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Woodrow Wilson Middle. Woodrow Wilson Middle School is the largest of the 8.
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolEDISON, NJ · 1,206 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleGlendale, CA · 1,182 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMoline, IL · 860 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolCouncil Bluffs, IA · 855 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolErie, PA · 769 students
Nearby schools
- School #20.3 mi · 401
- Clifton High School0.7 mi · 3,150
- School #31.0 mi · 257
- School #161.2 mi · 201
- School #41.3 mi · 130
- Christopher Columbus Middle School1.3 mi · 1,092
Frequently asked questions
About Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Woodrow Wilson Middle School?
Woodrow Wilson Middle School enrolls approximately 1,255 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Woodrow Wilson Middle School serve?
Woodrow Wilson Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Woodrow Wilson Middle School have?
Woodrow Wilson Middle School employs 115 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Woodrow Wilson Middle School?
Student demographics at Woodrow Wilson Middle School are roughly 28% White, 57% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodrow Wilson Middle School?
Woodrow Wilson Middle School 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.