Cliffside Park High School - Cliffside Park, New Jersey/NJ

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Cliffside Park High School

Palisade & Riverview Aves, Cliffside Park, NJ, 07010 -

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Definition of Terms

Cliffside Park High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Bergen County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1076 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

81 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 310 students

Grade 10 - 245 students

Grade 11 - 255 students

Grade 12 - 213 students

Grade Not Listed - 53 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:13

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	6%	7%
% Hispanic	43%	15%
% Black	2%	17%
% White	49%	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

27%

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

11%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Cliffside Park Boro School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	6	5
Number of Students Managed	2,652 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$35,409,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$34,849,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,352	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$13,141	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	92%	81%

Rain can't dampen spirits (The Record and Herald News)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 05:19:18 am
The skies might have opened up last Saturday, but the rain didn’t dampen the spirit of the Cliffside Park High School cheerleaders nor did it slow down the hot Red Raiders football team.
The history is past at Cliffside (The Record and Herald News)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 05:16:47 am
All of a sudden, soccer and wrestling aren't the only talked-about sports in the halls of Cliffside Park High School. All of a sudden, a football program recently mired by mediocrity and tragedy is now on the verge of creeping out of the once tightly-shut shell.
More school reunions planned throughout New Jersey (The Star-Ledger)
posted on October 23, 2009 at 11:39:04 am
If you graduated from any high schools or other institutions around the Garden State, you'll have an opportunity to reconnect with former friends and classmates. Among the upcoming reunions are these: Arthur L. Johnson Regional High School of Clark Class...
Tickets to Hall of Fame ceremony on sale now (The Record and Herald News)
posted on October 9, 2009 at 05:17:39 am
The Cliffside Park High School Athletic Hall of Fame will hold its awards dinner and induction of this year's class Friday, Nov. 20 at the Palisadium Restaurant in Cliffside Park.
Raiders continue to roll (The Record and Herald News)
posted on September 25, 2009 at 10:29:57 am
The Cliffside Park High School boys’ soccer team continued its league dominance after steam-rolling past Rutherford on Monday afternoon. Behind Exau Paz’s two goals, the Red Raiders shut out the Bulldogs 7-0. Here, Luis Quiroz moves the ball past two Rutherford defenders.

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Cliffside Park High School is a four year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Cliffside Park, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Cliffside Park School District.
Students from Fairview attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Fairview Public Schools.
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,044 students and 85 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.3.
The school was the 220th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 195th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
The Cliffside Park High School Red Raiders compete in the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) American Conference, which comprises private and public high schools located in Bergen County and Hudson County.
The 2007 boys soccer team won the North II, Group II state sectional championship with a 1-0 win over Hackettstown High School in the tournament final. The win was the team's second sectional title, the program's only other win coming in 1992.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
George Fabiano - Principal
James Shelley - Vice Principal
Notable alumni
Gerald A. Calabrese (born 1925), longtime mayor of Cliffside Park, who played in the NBA for two seasons with the Syracuse Nationals.
Bruce Elia (born 1953), former NFL linebacker, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers.
Ted Rzempoluch (born 1941), defensive back in the NFL for the Washington Redskins.
External links
Cliffside Park High School
Cliffside Park School District
Data for the Cliffside Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics

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