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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 07012

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Top rankedSchool #9472^nd of 1,331 New Jersey elementary schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 07012 has two Clifton Public School District elementary schools, School #14 and School #9, both serving prekindergarten through grade 5. Their latest reported tests cover grades 3–5 in English language arts (ELA) and math, plus grade 5 science. Results vary by grade, but overall School #9 has the stronger latest results.

School #9 stands out: in 2025–2026 it scored higher in five of the seven grade-and-subject comparisons, with its clearest advantages in grade 5. It reached 71% in grade 5 math versus 19% at School #14, a 52-point gap, and 37% in science versus 12%, a 25-point gap. Its ELA and math averages across grades 3–5 were 54% and 57%, compared with 41% and 39% at School #14. Still, School #14 led in grade 3 ELA and math, and its grade 4 ELA and math scores were above the state. Its grade 5 results were a concern: ELA was 23 points and math 27 points below state results. SchoolDigger ranks School #9 472nd of 1,331 (65th percentile, 3 stars) and School #14 883rd (34th percentile, 2 stars).

Both schools’ averages across the seven tested results declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: by 3 percentage points at School #14 and 11 points at School #9; the two-school average fell 7 points, moving from 5 points above the state average to about 1 point below. The grade-level picture is not uniformly downward: School #14 grade 4 math rose 17 points, while School #9 remained well above the state in grade 5 math. For 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 63% at School #14 and 38% at School #9; student-teacher ratios that year were 9.4 and 10.9, respectively. These measures provide context, not an explanation for score differences.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJSLA-S Science (2026)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)			NJSLA Mathematics (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
School #9	Public	PK, KG-5	25 Brighton Road	Clifton	07012	Passaic County	Clifton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 470-2396	306	28	10.9	37.6%	112 (36.6%)	8 (2.6%)	150 (49.0%)	22 (7.2%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.6%)	66.3	472^nd of 1331 public elementary schools	64.5%		78.1	314^th of 1347 public elementary schools	76.7%	158	37.1	42.3	62.2	57.1	38.5	62.2	71.4	$12,762		$12,762
School #14	Public	PK, KG-5	99 St Andrews Boulevard	Clifton	07012	Passaic County	Clifton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-2411	355	38	9.4	63.1%	136 (38.3%)	23 (6.5%)	154 (43.4%)	35 (9.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	33.8	883^rd of 1331 public elementary schools	33.7%		35.8	873^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	35.2%	10	11.9	44.1	50.0	28.6	44.2	52.8	19.0	$16,187	$1,495	$14,692

Cities Near Zip Code 07012

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Clifton	0.12 mi	22	410^th
Bloomfield	0.89 mi	11	290^th
Nutley	1.03 mi	8	167^th
Passaic	1.24 mi	17	483^rd
Upper Montclair	1.71 mi	3	161^st

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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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