Cliffside Park School District
School district in New Jersey, United States
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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.
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525 Palisade Avenue
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| Grades | PreK-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Michael J. Romagnino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Louis Alfano | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 3,074 (as of 2021–22)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 255.7 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 12.0:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Awards and recognition
In 2022, the United States Department of Education announced that Number 4 School was named as a National Blue Ribbon School, along with eight other schools in the state and 297 schools nationwide.[6][7]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10]
- Elementary schools
- Number 3 School[11] with 358 students in grades PreK-4
- Barbara Bracco, principal
- Number 4 School[12] with 485 students in grades K-5
- Jaclyn Roussos, principal
- Number 5 School[13] with 275 students in grades PreK-4
- Dana Martinotti, principal[14]
- Number 6 School[15] / Cliffside Park Middle School[16] with 692 students in grades 5-8
- Robert Bargna, principal
- Mark Rindfuss, middle school principal
- Cliffside Park High School[17] with 1,192 students in grades 9-12
- Lawrence Pinto, principal
Administration
Board of education
The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration; an additional representative is appointed to represent Fairview.[18] As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held in April; the district is one of 12 districts, out of more than 600 statewide, that still hold school elections in April. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.[20][21] Of the nearly 600 school districts statewide, Cliffside Park is one of 12 districts with school elections in April, in which voters also decide on passage of the annual school budget.[22]