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Best Public Schools in Woodcliff Lake, NJ

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Schools

732

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedWoodcliff Middle School28^th of 752 New Jersey middle schools

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Dorchester Elementary School up 10 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The Woodcliff Lake School District in New Jersey is home to two standout schools: Dorchester Elementary School and Woodcliff Middle School. Both schools consistently rank among the top 10% of schools in the state, with exceptional academic performance and low chronic absenteeism rates.

Dorchester Elementary School boasts a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger and over 70% of its students scoring proficient or better in English Language Arts and Mathematics. The school's low free and reduced-price lunch rate of 1.38% suggests it serves a relatively affluent student population. In contrast, Woodcliff Middle School has even higher test scores, with over 85% proficiency in English Language Arts and 100% in Algebra I, along with a similarly low free and reduced-price lunch rate of 1.13%.

The Woodcliff Lake School District as a whole is highly ranked, placing 32nd out of 609 districts in New Jersey and earning a 5-star rating. Both Dorchester Elementary and Woodcliff Middle School benefit from low student-teacher ratios and significant per-student spending, indicating a strong commitment to educational resources and support for their students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						NJSLA Algebra I (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Dorchester Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Dorchester Road	Woodcliff Lake	07677	Bergen County	Woodcliff Lake School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 930-5600	494	52	9.4	1.4%	374 (75.7%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (8.5%)	68 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.6%)	90.8	103^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	92.4%		90	113^th of 1338 public elementary schools	91.6%	10	52.4		74.1	87.2	90.5				71.6	73.1	81.0						$14,696	$44	$14,652
Woodcliff Middle School	Public	6-8	134 Woodcliff Ave	Woodcliff Lake	07677	Bergen County	Woodcliff Lake School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 930-5600	238	27	8.8	1.7%	181 (76.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (11.3%)	22 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	91.9	28^th of 752 public middle schools	96.3%		93.9	16^th of 743 public middle schools	97.8%	12		38.7				87.5	86.8	85.4				70.0	70.7	50.0	100.0	100.0	$17,046	$28	$17,018

Cities Near Woodcliff Lake

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Park Ridge	1.06 mi	3	77^th
Hillsdale	1.25 mi	4	41^st
Montvale	1.79 mi	3	45^th
Saddle River	1.93 mi	1	26^th
Township Of Washington	2.25 mi	3	125^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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