Summary:
The Cliffside Park School District in New Jersey is home to three elementary schools serving students from kindergarten through fifth grade. Based on the available data, a few schools stand out in terms of academic performance and overall quality.
School #3 is the highest-performing school in the district, ranking 388 out of 1,347 New Jersey elementary schools in 2024-2025 and earning a 4-out-of-5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school consistently outperforms the district and state averages in English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency across multiple grade levels. School #4 is another standout, maintaining a top-half ranking in the state and a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past three years, with strong performance in English Language Arts.
While all three schools face challenges, such as higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rates, the data suggests that School #3 and School #4 are providing a higher quality of education compared to the district and state averages. However, the significant free and reduced lunch rates across all three schools indicate that the Cliffside Park School District serves a population with a high proportion of economically disadvantaged students, which may be an important factor to consider when analyzing the schools' performance.
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