Editing Cliffside Park, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Cliffside Park School District]] serves public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 3,074 students and 255.7 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.0:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3403270&DistrictID=3403270 District information for Cliffside Park School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3403270 School Data for the Cliffside Park School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
Number 3 School<ref>[https://sites.google.com/cliffsidepark.edu/cliffside-park-school-3/ Number 3 School], Cliffside Park School District. Accessed February 1, 2023.</ref> with 358 students in grades PreK-4, 
Number 4 School<ref>[https://sites.google.com/cliffsidepark.edu/mrsroussos-school4principal/home Number 4 School], Cliffside Park School District. Accessed February 1, 2023.</ref> with 485 students in grades K-5, 
Number 5 School<ref>[https://sites.google.com/cliffsidepark.edu/mrs-martinottis-site-2020-2021/welcome-to-school-5 Number 5 School], Cliffside Park School District. Accessed February 1, 2023.</ref> with 275 students in grades PreK-4, 
Number 6 School<ref>[https://www.cliffsidepark.edu/index.php/school-6/ Number 6 School], Cliffside Park School District. Accessed February 1, 2023.</ref> / Cliffside Park Middle School<ref>[https://sites.google.com/cliffsidepark.edu/cliffsideparkms/home Cliffside Park Middle School], Cliffside Park School District. Accessed February 1, 2023.</ref> with 692 students in grades 5-8 and 
[[Cliffside Park High School]]<ref>[https://sites.google.com/cliffsidepark.edu/cphs-remote-learning-resources/home Cliffside Park High School], Cliffside Park School District. Accessed February 1, 2023.</ref> with 1,192 students in grades 9-12.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/0890 School Performance Reports for the Cliffside Park School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0890 New Jersey School Directory for the Cliffside Park School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Students from [[Fairview, New Jersey|Fairview]] attend the district's high school as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Fairview Public Schools]].<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/0890/030.html Cliffside Park High School 2016 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed May 29, 2017. "Cliffside Park High School services the students of Cliffside Park and the neighboring community of Fairview."</ref><ref>[http://www.cliffsidepark.edu/highschool/Downloads/Profile%202013%20-%202014.pdf Profile 2013 – 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228163135/http://www.cliffsidepark.edu/HighSchool/Downloads/Profile%202013%20-%202014.pdf |date=February 28, 2014 }}, Cliffside Park High School. Accessed May 29, 2017. "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."</ref>

Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the [[Bergen County Technical Schools]], which include the [[Bergen County Academies]] in [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]], and the [[Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro Campus|Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro]] or [[Bergen County Technical High School, Paramus Campus|Paramus]]. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.<ref>[http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014000910/http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us |date=October 14, 2013 }}, [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 3, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions Admissions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305034226/https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions |date=March 5, 2017 }}, [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 1, 2016.</ref>

For generations, the borough was the home of Epiphany School, an elementary school of the Roman Catholic Church of the Epiphany. Completed in 1930, having been constructed under the direction of Msgr. Anthony J. Ferretti, the school was staffed by the [[Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth]] ([[Convent Station, New Jersey]]).<ref>[https://epiphanyrcchurch.org/parish-history Parish History: "A Century with Christ and Community" 1916 - 2016], Church of the Epiphany. Accessed June 22, 2020. "This house was eventually converted in 1929, into a convent for the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth (Convent Station), who would later staff Epiphany School.... Construction of Epiphany School began in late 1929, and was completed in early 1930.... During the construction of the school building, Fr. Ferretti petitioned the Reverend Mother General of the Sisters of Charity of Convent Station to provide him with a teaching staff for the new school.... The Sisters of Charity began their service to Epiphany in September, 1930."</ref> In 2005, due to changing demographics and low enrollment, the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]] decided to merge Epiphany School with Christ the Teacher Interparochial School in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]],<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/03/nyregion/new-york-new-jersey-and-connecticut.html "Metro Briefing; New York, New Jersey and Connecticut"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 3, 2005. Accessed September 10, 2017. "Seven Roman Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Newark will close this year, victims of rising costs and declining enrollment.... The plans call for Epiphany School in Cliffside Park to merge with Christ the Teacher Interparochial School in Fort Lee."</ref> which is jointly sponsored by Epiphany RC Church, Madonna RC Church (Fort Lee), Holy Trinity RC Church (Fort Lee) and Holy Rosary RC Church (Edgewater).