Grant Elementary School

Grant Elementary School is a middle-grades school of moderately sized scale in SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, overseen by South Plainfield School District, works with 568 students in grades 5 through 6.

Across the 9 schools in South Plainfield School District (3,767 students total), Grant Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Grant Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 31% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 11% Black, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 35% of students at Grant Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grant Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.8%; this one delivers 37.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) shows that median household income runs about $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which Grant Elementary School is one.

South Plainfield High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Grant Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Grant Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 521 (now 568). The White share of enrollment fell from 44% to 35% over that span.

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