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Enrollment
482
Middle
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSELLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341428005660
Grace Wilday Junior High School
400 BROOKLAWN AVE, ROSELLE, NJ 07203 · (908) 298-2066 · Union County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of New Jersey public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
354 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 222 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 260 | 54% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Grace Wilday Junior High School→Abraham Clark High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Roselle Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
33.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
14.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 29.4% | 9.3% |
% 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Wilday Junior High School
Grace Wilday Junior High School's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Wilday Junior High School this school | 482 | 73.4% | 20.9% |
| Leonard V Moore Middle School ROSELLE | 485 | 74.6% | 15.1% |
| Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation ORANGE | 397 | 65.7% | 30.7% |
| Neptune Middle School NEPTUNE | 595 | 71.6% | 27.9% |
| Penns Grove Middle School PENNS GROVE | 452 | 75.4% | 13.3% |
| Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School HILLSIDE | 323 | 73.1% | 17.8% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Wilday Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #388 of 433 | #21 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #390 of 437 ▲ 19 | #21 of 25 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #382 of 437 ▼ 2 | #22 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #266 of 445 | #21 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #327 of 417 | #18 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #232 of 419 | #16 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #61 of 436 | #7 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.2% | #39 of 122 | #2 of 12 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
482
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
+192% since 1990-91, when it was 165
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 482 | 40 | 12.1:1 | 73% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 61% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 40 | 10.9:1 | 55% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 53 | 9.5:1 | 59% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 42 | 10.1:1 | 74% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 46 | 8.9:1 | 78% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 36 | 10.0:1 | 69% (247) |
| 2000-01 | 208 | 12 | 17.3:1 | 48% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 165 | 11 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grace Wilday Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (422 to 482); teachers down 5% (42 to 40).
About Grace Wilday Junior High School
Grace Wilday Junior High School is a small middle school in ROSELLE, New Jersey, under Roselle Public School District. The school counts 482 students across grades 7 through 8.
Grace Wilday Junior High School is in Roselle Public School District, a district with 3,147 students across 7 schools.
At Grace Wilday Junior High School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 50%. Next come 47% Black and 2% White. The county population is about 35% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.1:1, with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.1 students per teacher above the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 73% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Union County average 52%.
Grace Wilday Junior High School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Grace Wilday Junior High School would be expected to post about 26.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 20.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Union County, the median household income is $103,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Union County has 180 public schools and roughly 99,046 students.
Linden High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Grace Wilday Junior High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Grace Wilday Junior High School is behind the 21.9% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has fallen by 21 students since 2020-21, to 482. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 12.1:1, from 9.5:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Grace Wilday Junior High School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roselle Public School District
- Abraham Clark High SchoolHigh · 926 students
- Leonard V Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 485 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Dr. Charles C. Polk SchoolElementary · 315 students
- Kindergarten Success AcademyElementary · 217 students
Other schools in ROSELLE
- Abraham Clark High SchoolHigh · 926 students
- Leonard V Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 485 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Dr. Charles C. Polk SchoolElementary · 315 students
- Kindergarten Success AcademyElementary · 217 students
Nearby schools
- Linden High School0.5 mi · 1,934
- Leonard V Moore Middle School0.5 mi · 485
- Myles J. McManus MIddle School0.6 mi · 711
- Number 10.6 mi · 454
- Washington Elementary School0.7 mi · 397
- Abraham Clark High School0.7 mi · 926
Frequently asked questions
About Grace Wilday Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Grace Wilday Junior High School?
Grace Wilday Junior High School enrolls approximately 482 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Grace Wilday Junior High School serve?
Grace Wilday Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Grace Wilday Junior High School have?
Grace Wilday Junior High School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grace Wilday Junior High School?
At Grace Wilday Junior High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 50% Hispanic, 47% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Grace Wilday Junior High School public or private?
Grace Wilday Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Roselle Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.