Grant Elementary School

As a cozy primary school in RIDGEFIELD PARK, New Jersey, Grant Elementary School teaches 228 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within Ridgefield Park Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 44% leaner than the state mean of about 405.

Across the 4 schools in Ridgefield Park Public School District (2,067 students total), Grant Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Grant Elementary School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Asian, 9% White, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Grant Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at Grant Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grant Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 30.4%; Grant Elementary School posts 50.1%, +19.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate median household income runs about $124,884, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Grant Elementary School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

The closest other public school is Ridgefield Park Jr Sr High School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grant Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grant Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 43.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Grant Elementary School's enrollment has increased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 192 (now 228). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 61% to 75% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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