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Enrollment
591
Elementary
DISTRICT 558 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST WINDSOR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340432003058
Grace N. Rogers Elementary School
380 STOCKTON ST, HIGHTSTOWN, NJ 08520 · (609) 443-7833 · Mercer County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
259 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 167 | 28% |
| Grade 4 | 163 | 28% |
| Grade 5 | 177 | 30% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within East Windsor Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
40.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.9% | 37.1% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grace N. Rogers Elementary School
Grace N. Rogers Elementary School's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace N. Rogers Elementary School this school | 591 | 43.8% | 34.6% |
| Ethel McKnight Elementary School EAST WINDSOR | 530 | 47.0% | N/A |
| Walter C. Black Elementary School HIGHTSTOWN | 510 | 45.7% | N/A |
| Washington Elementary School LITTLE FERRY | 469 | 46.1% | 46.1% |
| Perry L. Drew Elementary School EAST WINDSOR | 599 | 51.9% | 41.1% |
| John F. Kennedy Primary School Raritan | 431 | 41.1% | 48.5% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grace N. Rogers Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #862 of 1,290 | #30 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #784 of 1,319 ▲ 11 | #27 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #1,009 of 1,319 ▼ 59 | #35 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #239 of 1,562 | #6 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #307 of 1,390 | #13 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #239 of 1,392 | #15 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.8% | #678 of 1,481 | #36 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #786 of 798 | #30 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
591
+30 (+5%) vs 2020
+89% since 1990-91, when it was 313
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 8.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 591 | 59.8 | 9.9:1 | 44% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 625 | 59.2 | 10.6:1 | 39% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 611 | 63.1 | 9.7:1 | 37% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 64 | 8.8:1 | 41% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 54.7 | 10.9:1 | 44% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 49 | 13.9:1 | 47% (317) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 33 | 18.3:1 | 31% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 17% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 313 | 27 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grace N. Rogers Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (594 to 591); teachers up 9% (54.7 to 59.8).
About Grace N. Rogers Elementary School
Grace N. Rogers Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in HIGHTSTOWN, New Jersey. The school has 591 students in 2024-25 across grades 3 through 5. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 46% larger than average.
East Windsor Regional School District has 5,006 students spread across 6 schools.
Hispanic students account for 48% of enrollment at Grace N. Rogers Elementary School, more than any other group. Other students are 26% White, 14% Asian, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Mercer County residents are about 23% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Grace N. Rogers Elementary School scores 67%.
On staff are 59.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Grace N. Rogers Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 44%.
Grace N. Rogers Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Grace N. Rogers Elementary School would score about 42.2%. It scores 34.6%, 7.6 points below that figure.
Mercer County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 110 public schools in the county, enrolling about 58,647, Grace N. Rogers Elementary School among them.
Walter C. Black Elementary School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Grace N. Rogers Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Grace N. Rogers Elementary School ranks 6th of 7 nearby schools, at 34.6% versus a 53.9% average.
Federal data place Grace N. Rogers Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 5% increase took enrollment from 561 in 2020-21 to 591 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 8.8:1 to 9.9:1.
The allk12 page for Grace N. Rogers Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Windsor Regional School District
- Hightstown High SchoolHigh · 1,616 students
- Melvin H. Kreps Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
- Perry L. Drew Elementary SchoolElementary · 599 students
- Ethel McKnight Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Walter C. Black Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
Other schools in HIGHTSTOWN
- Hightstown High SchoolHigh · 1,616 students
- Walter C. Black Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
Nearby schools
- Walter C. Black Elementary School0.1 mi · 510
- Hightstown High School0.7 mi · 1,616
- Melvin H. Kreps Middle School1.6 mi · 1,160
- Perry L. Drew Elementary School2.3 mi · 599
- Ethel McKnight Elementary School2.3 mi · 530
- Cranbury School2.9 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About Grace N. Rogers Elementary SchoolHow large is Grace N. Rogers Elementary School?
Grace N. Rogers Elementary School enrolls approximately 591 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Grace N. Rogers Elementary School serve?
Grace N. Rogers Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Grace N. Rogers Elementary School have?
Grace N. Rogers Elementary School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Grace N. Rogers Elementary School?
Student demographics at Grace N. Rogers Elementary School are roughly 26% White, 48% Hispanic, 7% Black, 14% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Grace N. Rogers Elementary School public or private?
Grace N. Rogers Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Windsor Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.