School Information

Clifton

Christopher Columbus Middle School

COUNTY: PASSAIC

DISTRICT: CLIFTON CITY

School Environment
Length of School Day Amount of time school is in session on a normal school day. School 6 hours 50 minutes State Average 6 hours 29 minutes Instructional Time Amount of time per day students are engaged in instructional activities School 6 hours 0 minutes State Average 5 hours 40 minutes Student/Computer Ratio Year School State Average Numbers of students per computer available for the purposes of supervised instruction. 2003-04 3.2 4.2 2004-05 3.3 3.9 2005-06 3.2 3.7	Average Class Size 2005-06 School State Pre-K   13.9 Kindergarten   19 Grade 1   19.5 Grade 2   19.9 Grade 3   20.3 Grade 4   20.5 Grade 5   21.3 Grade 6 21.4 21 Grade 7 22.4 20.9 Grade 8 23.9 20.7 Grade 9   21.1 Grade 10   21.4 Grade 11   20.9 Grade 12   20.8 Special Ed. (ungraded) 11 8.4 Total 21.1 19.2
Student Information
Students with Disabilities   Percentage of students with IEPs (Individualized Education Program) regardless of placement/programs: 13.5% Language Diversity Language Percent ENGLISH 29.8% SPANISH 50.4% ARABIC 5.8% POLISH 4% GUJARATI 3% UKRAINIAN 0.8% TURKISH 0.8% OTHERS 5.5% PCTOFLEP 5.5%	Enrollment Grade 2002- 2003 2003- 2004 2004- 2005 2005- 2006 Pre-K (half-day)         Pre-K (full-day)         Kindergarten (half-day)         Kindergarten (full-day)         Grade 1         Grade 2         Grade 3         Grade 4         Grade 5         Grade 6 387 391 383 386 Grade 7 396 402 421 380 Grade 8 388 395 404 431 Grade 9         Grade 10         Grade 11         Grade 12         Special Ed. (ungraded) 93 91 98 88 Total 1264 1279 1306 1285
Student Performance Indicators
Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA) LANGUAGE ARTS LITERACY Year Number Tested Proficiency Percentages Partial Proficient Advanced *To Protect the privacy of students, the Department of Education suppresses sufficient information to eliminate the posibility that personally identifiable information will be disclosed. All Students School 2004-05 2005-06 410 472 48.0% 46.4% 50.2% 51.7% 1.7% 1.9% District 2004-05 2005-06 811 867 38.1% 34.4% 57.1% 60.6% 4.8% 5.1% DFG 2004-05 2005-06 14189 13861 25.0% 22.7% 69.0% 70.8% 6.1% 6.5% State 2004-05 2005-06 107410 106447 27.7% 25.7% 64.3% 65.7% 8.0% 8.5% Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA) MATHEMATICS Year Number Tested Proficiency Percentages Partial Proficient Advanced *To Protect the privacy of students, the Department of Education suppresses sufficient information to eliminate the posibility that personally identifiable information will be disclosed. All Students School 2004-05 2005-06 411 474 57.7% 58.4% 34.8% 34.6% 7.5% 7.0% District 2004-05 2005-06 815 873 46.1% 47.0% 40.7% 42.3% 13.1% 10.8% DFG 2004-05 2005-06 14276 13938 36.4% 33.5% 48.2% 48.1% 15.4% 18.4% State 2004-05 2005-06 108519 107530 37.6% 35.5% 43.7% 43.6% 18.7% 20.9% Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA) SCIENCE Year Number Tested Proficiency Percentages Partial Proficient Advanced *To Protect the privacy of students, the Department of Education suppresses sufficient information to eliminate the posibility that personally identifiable information will be disclosed. All Students School 2004-05 2005-06 410 472 35.9% 31.1% 50.7% 60.8% 13.4% 8.1% District 2004-05 2005-06 814 871 29.4% 24.2% 52.5% 62.6% 18.2% 13.2% DFG 2004-05 2005-06 14287 13955 18.2% 16.7% 59.9% 63.5% 21.8% 19.9% State 2004-05 2005-06 108512 107600 23.2% 21.0% 53.3% 58.5% 23.5% 20.5%
Other Performance Measures
Attendence Rates 2004-2005 2005-2006 Percentage of students present on average each day School State School State Pre-K   90.9%   90.7% Kindergarten   94.5%   94.3% Grade 1   95.3%   95.1% Grade 2   95.7%   95.5% Grade 3   95.9%   95.8% Grade 4   96%   95.8% Grade 5   95.9%   95.7% Grade 6 96% 95.4% 95.3% 95.3% Grade 7 94.1% 95% 93.6% 94.9% Grade 8 93.6% 94.7% 94.4% 94.6% Grade 9   93.6%   93.7% Grade 10   93.5%   93.6% Grade 11   93.2%   93.4% Grade 12   92%   92.1% Special Ed. (Ungraded) 90.6% 91.6% 92.4% 91.3% Total 94.3% 94.5% 94.2% 94.4%
Student Suspensions Percentage of students who were suspended from the school during the school year.   School State Average 2003-04 18.8% 4.5% 2004-05 22.7% 4.1% 2005-06 23.7% 4.4%	Student Expulsions The number of students who were expelled from the school during the year.   School State Total 2003-04 0 101 2004-05 0 69 2005-06 0 78