Woodrow Wilson Middle School

Woodrow Wilson Middle School is a middle-grades school of expansive scale in CLIFTON, New Jersey, one of the schools within Clifton Public School District, hosting 1,255 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 117% bigger than the state mean of about 578.

Clifton Public School District runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 10,516 students. Woodrow Wilson Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Woodrow Wilson Middle School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% White, 8% Asian, 5% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Woodrow Wilson Middle School logs 115 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Woodrow Wilson Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.5%; this one delivers 38.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Passaic County put the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Woodrow Wilson Middle School is one of 155 public schools in Passaic County (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students).

School #2 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Woodrow Wilson Middle School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 1,217 students in 2018 compared to 1,255 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 37% to 28% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.