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Schools in Cliffwood Beach

Cliffwood Beach’s public schools

Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cliffwood Beach. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/5schools above New Jersey’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 97% of students in New Jersey’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
56%
2021–22
Math proficiency
43%
2021–22
Graduate on time
86%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$24.8K
▼ 13% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.8
NJ 11.6
Schools in town
0
3,393 students on the public path
In brief

Cliffwood Beach’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Cliffwood Beach’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s 2,144 public schools. Matawan Regional High School places highest (better than 74%); Cliffwood Elementary School lowest (30%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Four elementary schools serve Cliffwood Beach, graded from C to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Matawan Regional High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Cliffwood Beach, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–34 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to B
6–8Matawan-Aberdeen Middle Schoolin CliffwoodB+
9–12Matawan Regional High Schoolin AberdeenB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 7 schools · 3,912 students, up 9% since 2020–21 · 11.8 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$24,790NJ $28,441 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading56%
State average 48.6% · 1903 students tested
Math43%
State average 35.5% · 1910 students tested

Cliffwood Beach vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New Jersey towns that share Cliffwood Beach’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cliffwood Beach—Matawan-Aberdeen Regional
AberdeenB−Matawan-Aberdeen Regional
Old BridgeBOld Bridge Township
KeyportCKeyport Borough

Every school in Cliffwood Beach

6 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Jersey’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Cliffwood Beachin other towns
Strathmore Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Aberdeen
B
481 students14:1Rate it →
Ravine Drive Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Matawan
B−
395 students13:1Rate it →
Cliffwood Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Cliffwood
C
358 students11:1Rate it →
Cambridge Park Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Aberdeen
286 students11:1Rate it →
Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Cliffwood
B+
835 students10:1Rate it →
Matawan Regional High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Aberdeen
B+
1,038 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Cliffwood Beach’s schools

Are Cliffwood Beach’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cliffwood Beach. Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cliffwood Beach. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Cliffwood Beach in?

Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District.

Where do Cliffwood Beach kids go to high school?

Matawan Regional High School.

Parents talk

What Cliffwood Beach families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.