Dr. John Grieco Elementary School

Dr. John Grieco Elementary School operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in Englewood, New Jersey, part of Englewood Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 499 students spanning grades 1 through 3. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Dr. John Grieco Elementary School sits 23% bigger than that benchmark.

Dr. John Grieco Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Englewood Public School District, a district that instructs 2,847 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Dr. John Grieco Elementary School logs that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 21% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Dr. John Grieco Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dr. John Grieco Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Bergen County shows median household earnings sit near $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dr. John Grieco Elementary School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dr. John Grieco Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 605 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 55% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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