Saint Philip the Apostle Preparatory School, Clifton | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

My kid goes to this school. You can’t get in without being buzzed in. Catholic schools in the area are closing one after the other, but this one remains very strong. It is well supported by the church and the parishioners of St. Philip. The parents, and most of the time the grandparents, are active participants in the school. The teachers and the staff do a great job of guiding and educating the children.

The school had an overnight fire early in the year that caused plenty of damage that completely shut the facilities down. Old outdated miles and miles of wiring needs to be replaced to be up to code, and phone lines were temporarily rerouted.The kids were home schooled for 2 weeks and the parents and the teachers did a great job of educating the kids. After that the kids were back to school in 2 locations while the buildings were getting repaired up to code. They’re back to their original classrooms in 2 months!

Say what you will, but my child is very happy to go to this school. Loves the school, the teachers and classmates…

** one more thing – This school normally has a small registration window, even for returning students. 2018 – new student registration window was even smaller due to the fire and all that came with it. At least 2 catholic schools closed down in the area and there was a mad dash to register new students for very few available spots in the first place. A few years ago a parent (an alumni) missed the early registration window for their returning kid, and the spot was snagged by a new student as soon as they opened regular registration. Max 25 kids per section, 2 sections per grade. That’s it. If someone is told to wait to register til next year, that means that particular grade is fully booked

I went to this school for middle school. As years went by I realized how the school had gone down hill. I was bullied there a couple of times and the principal would care for one day and not really enforce their policies if broken. The 8th grade teaches were two of the best home room teachers I’ve met. They are very kind and helpful. They enforce the lessons until you learn them well enough. Most of the teachers are great there. And I believe at this school the rules should be enforced more. This school did though prep me for highschool because I was able to get into the high schools I wanted to go to. That is all I have to say. Also Latin class is mandatory in the middle school. They say it is good for grammer but we all know that is a lie. The classroom is like a war zone. Things are being thrown around. Kids are yelling. The teacher is very old and I doesnt pay attention and allows for the class to get out of hand. She would go as far as to only teach a small percentage of the class so they can pass and the others to fail. I am not sure why she has not been fire but it beats me. I would not suggest allowing your child to attend this school because I experienced the chaos first hand.

This school is not what it all seems to be. The principal is rude nasty and disrespectful. All they care about is payment, during COVID-19 they still wanted full payment and the kids were not even in school. The gym teacher is old and time to retire to teach kindergarten to eighth graders of full activity upbeat experience of gym class. The school has no sports team no football no baseball no cheerleading not directly from the school. Save your money and go to a good public school system that will bring your students/kids further. Also they don’t have Substitute teachers they will bring in a class helper to work a classroom if the teachers are absent. There is nothing over the top with the teachers or the school personally I found to see that the school has an illusion of a blue ribbon school but once you’re in there it’s downhill.