Top Rankings
Cliffside Park School District ranks among the top 20% of public school district in New Jersey for:
Category
Attribute
Community Size
Largest student body (number of students) (Top 1%)
For the 2026 school year, there is 1 public middle school serving 679 students in Cliffside Park School District. This district's average middle testing ranking is 6/10, which is in the top 50% of public middle schools in New Jersey.
Public Middle School in Cliffside Park School District have an average math proficiency score of 30% (versus the New Jersey public middle school average of 34%), and reading proficiency score of 58% (versus the 48% statewide average).
Minority enrollment is 75% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is more than the New Jersey public middle school average of 69% (majority Hispanic).
Overview
This School District
This State (NJ)
# Schools
5 Schools
833 Schools
# Students
3,135 Students
459,259 Students
# Teachers
254 Teachers
39,700 Teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
12:1
12:1
Student By Grade
District Rank
Cliffside Park School District, which is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 642 school districts in New Jersey (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2022-2023 school year.
The school district's graduation rate of 87% has decreased from 88% over five school years.
Overall District Rank
#368 out of 648 school districts
(Bottom 50%)
(Bottom 50%)
Math Test Scores (% Proficient)
33%
38%
Reading/Language Arts Test Scores (% Proficient)
50%
49%
Science Test Scores (% Proficient)
18%
23%
Graduation Rate
87%
85%
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