Upper School

143 Charlotte Place

School District

Englewood Cliffs Public
Grade

3-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:8
Type

public

School Map for Englewood Cliffs Public School District

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Reviews

Submitted by student on November 21, 2017

Under the administration of Jennifer Brower, Upper School is deteriorating in terms of the curriculum, teachers, etc. They focus too much on encouraging good character and behavior while their academic curriculum is extremely terrible and way behind other middle schools in the region. Without self-study, an "education" at this school will leave your child far behind other peers in high school. Furthermore, the website is poorly maintained and extracurricular clubs and electives are basically nonexistent. For a middle school that was founded decades ago, this primitive state is unacceptable. In addition, this school does nothing to acknowledge its most capable, hardworking, and intelligent students but focuses more on catering toward the kids who are academically and intellectually slow and behind. Thus, the actually smart and studious students are cruelly being forced to participate in the same classroom as those kids who do not even consider school a priority, and teachers will have to dumb down the material. Most importantly, this school does not believe in dividing up classes based on skill level. Everyone in each grade takes the same math class, the same english class. There are absolutely no honors classes. Their philosophy is that this system is "discouraging" to those incapable or inexperienced. What a joke. What kind of middle school forces everyone in the grade to learn algebra in eighth grade? As mentioned, their curriculum is ridiculous and I truly regret going to this failure of a middle school. Parents, if you are considering having your child attend this school, I sincerely plead you to find another option, because Upper School is the worst of the worst.
Submitted by parent on November 15, 2014

Very happy that my children go to North Cliffs and Upper school. Mr Robert Kravitz the principal is very progressive and innovative.My third grader goes to different classes for different subjects with specialized teachers for particular subjects.They have basketball,baseball,soccer,soft ball leagues.they have a free school bus to pick n drop children.A very strong base to my children's future. Happy Parent Shah
Submitted by parent on April 18, 2014

Great small town school. Very nurturing and progressive. I have no regrets moving form New York City.
Submitted by other on February 16, 2012

This school set an example for all schools but that was pre-2010. The school lost many teachers after 2010 and many programs in addition to changes in people's positions. Now it is run by inexperienced people and is quite frankly going no where. There is nearly no art program nor athletic.