Cliffside Park School District

Cliffside Park School District
This is the logo for the Cliffside Park School District.
Address
525 Palisade Avenue
Cliffside Park
, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07010
United States
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentMichael J. Romagnino
Business administratorLouis Alfano
Schools5
Students and staff
Enrollment3,074 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Faculty255.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.cliffsidepark.edu
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,3286$18,891−18.9%
1Budgetary Cost12,5671514,783−15.0%
2Classroom Instruction8,162358,763−6.9%
6Support Services1,69192,392−29.3%
8Administrative Cost1,400201,485−5.7%
10Operations & Maintenance95211,783−46.6%
13Extracurricular Activities290102688.2%
16Median Teacher Salary69,0005664,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68
Early Learning Center
School #3 cupola

The Cliffside Park School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Cliffside Park, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 3,074 students and 255.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[3]

Students from Fairview attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Fairview Public Schools.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Cliffside Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 6, 2014.
  4. ^ Cliffside Park High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 29, 2017. "Cliffside Park High School services the students of Cliffside Park and the neighboring community of Fairview."
  5. ^ Profile 2013 – 2014 Archived 2014-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, Cliffside Park High School. Accessed May 29, 2017. "Cliffside Park is a residential community of approximately 23,600 residents and a geographical size of one square mile. It is a suburb of and less than one mile from New York City. The neighboring town of Fairview is a K – 8 district and Cliffside Park is the receiving district for Fairview's 9 – 12 students. Fairview has a population of approximately 13,600."