Type Public high school Vice principal Kenneth Schmitt Grades 9-12 Phone +1 201-313-2370 Lowest grade Ninth grade | Principal Lawrence Pinto Faculty 88.2 FTEs Enrollment 1,115 (as of 2014-15) Color Black | |
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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, operating as the lone secondary school of the Cliffside Park School District.
Contents
- Cliffside park high school class of 1981 memories
- Awards recognition and rankings
- Athletics
- Administration
- Notable alumni
- References
Students from Fairview attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Fairview Public Schools.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,115 students and 88.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1. There were 656 students (58.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 130 (11.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. As of the 2011-12 school year, 36.1% of students at the high school spoke English as their first language at home, while 44.4% spoke Spanish, 4.4% speak Arabic, 3.8% speak Portuguese, 1.9% speak Korean, 1.9% speak Turkish and 7.6% speak other languages. Among the graduates of the Class of 2010, 51.2% planned to attend four-year colleges, while 38.5% planned on attending two-year colleges.
Cliffside park high school class of 1981 memories
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 297th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 256th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 235th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 220th in 2008 out of 316 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 Big North Conference following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 862 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 778 to 1,062 students in that grade range. Cliffside Park had previously competed in the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) American Conference, which included private and public high schools located in Bergen County and Hudson County.
The boys basketball team won the Group III state championships in 1941 vs. Bound Brook High School, 1943 vs. Merchantville High School, 1946 vs. Woodrow Wilson High School, 1948 vs. Edison High School, 1954 vs. Linden High School and 1955 vs. Springfield High School, and won the Group II title in 1971 vs. Haddon Heights High School.
The football team won the NJSIAA North I Group III state sectional championships in 1977.
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 for the team's second sectional title, the program's only other win coming in 1992 when it won the North I, Group III sectional title. The 2008 team shared the Group II state championship with Delran High School after a 2-2 tie in which Cliffside Park took a 2-1 lead with a goal with 74 seconds left in regulation but Delran tied the score with a goal nine seconds later. In 2010, the team won its four consecutive state sectional title with a 3-1 win against Bernards High School. The 2010 boys soccer team was recognized by The Record as the North Jersey Boys Soccer Team of the Year after winning the Group II state championship with a 1-0 win over Haddon Heights High School, the first sole possession of the state title in the program's history after sharing the Group II title in 2008.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: