Cliffside Park School District

Cliffside Park School District
525 Palisade Avenue
Cliffside Park, NJ 07010
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Michael J. Romagnino
Business administrator Louis Alfano
Schools 6
Students and staff
Enrollment 2,792 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 178.0 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 15.69:1
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website http://www.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 Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Cliffside Park, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 2,792 students and 178.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.69:1.[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]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7]

Elementary schools
Middle school
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14][15]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Cliffside Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 6, 2014.
  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 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015. "Our richly diverse student body numbers slightly over eleven hundred students from both Cliffside Park and our neighboring town of Fairview."
  5. Profile 2012 - 2013, Cliffside Park High School. Accessed September 6, 2014. "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."
  6. School Data for the Cliffside Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 6, 2014.
  7. New Jersey School Directory for the Cliffside Park School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 6, 2014.
  8. Number 3 School, Cliffside Park School District. Accessed September 6, 2014.
  9. Number 4 School, Cliffside Park School District. Accessed September 6, 2014.
  10. Number 5 School, Cliffside Park School District. Accessed September 6, 2014.
  11. Number 6 School, Cliffside Park School District. Accessed September 6, 2014.
  12. Cliffside Park Middle School, Cliffside Park School District. Accessed September 6, 2014.
  13. Cliffside Park High School, Cliffside Park School District. Accessed September 6, 2014.
  14. Board of Education, Cliffside Park School District. Accessed September 6, 2014.
  15. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 6, 2014.

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Coordinates: 40°49′17″N 73°59′17″W / 40.821373°N 73.988076°W / 40.821373; -73.988076

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