Summary:
ZIP code 07010 has five schools serving elementary, middle and high school grades, with 3,135 students enrolled. In matched elementary-grade comparisons for 2025–2026, local proficiency averaged 55% in ELA and 53% in math, compared with 48% and 47% statewide. The key finding is that elementary results remain above state averages, but the local advantage has narrowed over the past year.
School #5 and School #4 lead many current elementary comparisons. School #5 led grade 3 math at 58%, versus 45% at School #3, a 13-point range; it also led grade 3 ELA and grade 4 math. School #4 led grade 4 ELA (60% versus School #3’s 49%) and grade 5 ELA (67% versus the middle school’s 57%), and had the top grade 5 science result. School #3 was lowest in several shared elementary comparisons. The middle school’s profile is mixed: ELA was at or above state results across grades 5–8, while math was below the state in all four grades. Cliffside Park High School was below state proficiency in every comparable current high-school test listed.
Results have weakened overall, though not at every school or in every subject: matched elementary ELA averages fell from 62% to 55% year over year, and math from 57% to 53%. School #3 fell in each shared grade 3 and 4 comparison, while School #5 gained in grade 3 ELA and math. The high school’s Algebra II result dropped from 72% to 20%, while the state result also declined, from 80% to 52%. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for School #3 fell from 71 to 52; other schools’ latest rankings ranged from 31 for the high school to 66 for School #5. Student-teacher ratios range from 10.3 to 13.9, with no consistent link to results. Free/reduced lunch eligible measures ranged from 57% to 75% among four schools in 2024–2025; School #5 reported 50% for 2023–2024, a different year.
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