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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341305003568
Grandview Elementary School
130 NORTH RANDOLPHVILLE RD, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08854 · (732) 752-2501 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
6.4:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
252 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 132 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 151 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 148 | 26% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -9.9pp since 2023
Math
47.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.8% | 47.6% |
| 2023-24 | 46.7% | 44.4% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 Grandview Elementary School
Grandview Elementary School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview Elementary School this school | 579 | 43.5% | 43.9% |
| John Adams NORTH BRUNSWICK | 561 | 43.3% | 42.0% |
| Franklin Park School Franklin Park | 671 | 45.2% | 44.3% |
| Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner Piscataway | 616 | 36.2% | N/A |
| Arbor Elementary School PISCATAWAY | 528 | 55.7% | 39.7% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School PISCATAWAY | 513 | 53.4% | 39.5% |
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 Grandview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #661 of 1,290 | #67 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #635 of 1,319 ▲ 31 | #65 of 111 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #996 of 1,319 ▼ 242 | #88 of 111 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #259 of 1,562 | #30 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 6.4:1 | #3 of 1,390 | #1 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.2% | #32 of 1,392 | #8 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.5% | #687 of 1,481 | #55 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #139 of 798 | #26 of 84 |
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
579
-283 (-33%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
6.4:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 579 | 91 | 6.4:1 | 44% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 86 | 7.0:1 | 38% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 77 | 7.3:1 | 36% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 862 | 49 | 17.6:1 | 32% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 744 | 47.3 | 15.7:1 | 34% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 774 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 31% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 732 | 34 | 21.5:1 | 26% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 17% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 29 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grandview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (744 to 579); teachers up 93% (47.3 to 91).
About Grandview Elementary School
Grandview Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Piscataway Township School District, located in PISCATAWAY, New Jersey. The school serves kindergarten through 3. Enrollment is 579 students. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 43% higher.
Across its 11 schools, Piscataway Township School District enrolls 7,289 students. Grandview Elementary School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Grandview Elementary School, about 32 are Asian, the largest group. After that, the student body is 31% Hispanic, 22% Black, 9% White, and 4% multiracial. The diversity index for Grandview Elementary School is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 91 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.4:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1, 5.1 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 44% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Middlesex County is close, at 42%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Grandview Elementary School outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Grandview Elementary School is 1.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
In the surrounding county, Middlesex County, median household income comes to about $111,549, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 214 public schools and about 129,255 students.
Grandview Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Theodore Schor Middle School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Grandview Elementary School is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school's student count decreased 33% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 6.4 students per teacher, compared with 17.6 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Grandview Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Piscataway Township School District
- Piscataway Township High SchoolHigh · 2,144 students
- Piscataway Township Schools Children's CornerElementary · 616 students
- Theodore Schor Middle SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Arbor Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Martin Luther King Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
Other schools in PISCATAWAY
- Piscataway Township High SchoolHigh · 2,144 students
- Piscataway Magnet SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Piscataway Township Schools Children's CornerElementary · 616 students
- Theodore Schor Middle SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Arbor Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
Other Grandview Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 14 states are named Grandview Elementary. Grandview Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 21.
- Grandview Elementary SchoolN CALDWELL, NJ · 420 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolDerry, PA · 753 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolErie, PA · 691 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolGRANDVIEW, TX · 643 students
- GRANDVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMONSEY, NY · 609 students
Nearby schools
- Theodore Schor Middle School0.5 mi · 563
- John P. Faber Elementary School1.1 mi · 621
- Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner1.1 mi · 616
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School1.1 mi · 513
- Parker Elementary School1.2 mi · 192
- Quibbletown Middle School1.3 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Grandview Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Grandview Elementary School?
Grandview Elementary School enrolls approximately 579 students in grades KG-03.
Is Grandview Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grandview Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Grandview Elementary School have?
Grandview Elementary School employs 91 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Grandview Elementary School?
Student demographics at Grandview Elementary School are roughly 9% White, 31% Hispanic, 22% Black, 32% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Grandview Elementary School public or private?
Grandview Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Piscataway Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.