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Clifton Public School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
Clifton Public School District runs 19 public schools with 11,010 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.6 students per teacher is about the same as the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 11,010
- Teachers (FTE)
- 948
- Students per teacher
- 11.6
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 745 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013
- Phone
- (973)470-2300
- County
- Passaic County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3403300
- State district ID
- NJ-310900
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,787
- School counselors (FTE)
- 42.0About 262 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 37.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.6
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (10,514), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $240.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $19.9 million
- State revenue
- $83.0 million
- Local revenue
- $137.0 million
- Total spending
- $234.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,311
- Salaries
- $103.9 million44.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 34.6%
- Local: 57.1%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,311
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in Clifton Public School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 14 elementary, 2 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Christopher Columbus Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,092 | 9.1 |
| Clifton Early Learner Academies - Allwood | Prekindergarten | PK | 62 | |
| Clifton Early Learner Academies - Brighton | Prekindergarten | PK | 327 | 7.8 |
| Clifton High School | High | 9 to 12 | 3,150 | 14.1 |
| School #1 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 255 | 12.1 |
| School #11 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 376 | 10.2 |
| School #12 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 560 | 10.4 |
| School #13 | Elementary | K to 5 | 443 | 11.7 |
| School #14 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 355 | 9.6 |
| School #15 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 282 | 12.3 |
| School #16 | Elementary | K to 5 | 201 | 8.4 |
| School #17 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 501 | 8.8 |
| School #2 | Elementary | K to 5 | 401 | 12.2 |
| School #3 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 257 | 13.5 |
| School #4 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 130 | 8.7 |
| School #5 | Elementary | K to 5 | 398 | 10.8 |
| School #8 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 165 | 9.7 |
| School #9 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 306 | 10.9 |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,255 | 10.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Passaic County
- Paterson Public School District 24,291 students
- Passaic City School District 12,012 students
- Wayne Township Public School District 7,653 students
- Passaic County Technical-Vocational School District 4,605 students
- West Milford Township Public School District 2,948 students
- Passaic Arts and Science Charter School 2,175 students
- Hawthorne Public School District 2,162 students
- Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology 1,708 students
- Pompton Lakes School District 1,697 students
- College Achieve Paterson Charter School 1,688 students
- Paterson Arts and Science Charter School 1,330 students
- Woodland Park School District 1,269 students
- Passaic Valley Regional High School District 1,093 students
- Haledon Public School District 996 students
- Ringwood School District 980 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.