Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341116004042
Green Grove Elementary School
909 GREEN GROVE ROAD, NEPTUNE, NJ 07753 · (732) 776-2200 · Monmouth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
212 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 79 | 27% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 66% larger than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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 Neptune Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
17.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -6.9pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 17 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 down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.2% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.1% | 19.8% |
% 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
16.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Green Grove Elementary School
Green Grove Elementary School's state test result (16.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Grove Elementary School this school | 296 | 71.6% | 16.9% |
| Number 5 Linden | 319 | 75.9% | 28.7% |
| Dr. Charles C. Polk School ROSELLE | 315 | 75.2% | 28.9% |
| Billingsport Elementary School PAULSBORO | 296 | 77.0% | N/A |
| Paul W Carleton PENNS GROVE | 322 | 74.5% | 13.4% |
| Washington Elementary School ROSELLE | 397 | 75.1% | 25.6% |
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 Green Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #1,174 of 1,290 | #84 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #1,218 of 1,319 ▼ 118 | #88 of 93 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #1,256 of 1,319 ▼ 96 | #89 of 93 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #1,120 of 1,562 | #76 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #607 of 1,390 | #66 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #321 of 1,392 | #8 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #330 of 1,481 | #15 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #306 of 798 | #21 of 50 |
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
296
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 296 | 27 | 11.0:1 | 72% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 30 | 9.8:1 | 62% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 30 | 9.7:1 | 32% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 30 | 9.8:1 | 49% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 342 | 32 | 10.7:1 | 49% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 65% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 52% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 27 | 17.5:1 | 41% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 28 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Green Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (342 to 296); teachers down 16% (32 to 27).
About Green Grove Elementary School
Green Grove Elementary School is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in NEPTUNE, New Jersey. The school's 296 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 27% lower than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
Green Grove Elementary School is among 7 schools run by Neptune Township School District, which serves 3,374 students.
Green Grove Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 46%. The school is also 35% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 6%. Green Grove Elementary School has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Green Grove Elementary School's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.0:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 11.4:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 72%. The 29% average for public schools in Monmouth County is 43 points lower.
allk12 grades Green Grove Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Green Grove Elementary School is 10.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
In the county around the school, Monmouth County, median household income is about $124,845, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. A total of 186 public schools operate in Monmouth County, serving about 91,053 students.
The closest other public school is Summerfield Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Green Grove Elementary School is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Green Grove Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 294 students in 2020-21 and 296 in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 9.8:1 to 11.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Neptune Township School District
- Neptune High SchoolHigh · 1,129 students
- Neptune Middle SchoolMiddle · 595 students
- Midtown Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Summerfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Gables Elementary SchoolElementary · 284 students
- Shark River Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 244 students
Other schools in NEPTUNE
- Neptune High SchoolHigh · 1,129 students
- Neptune Middle SchoolMiddle · 595 students
- College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School DistrictCombined · 522 students
- Midtown Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Summerfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and ScienceHigh · 300 students
Nearby schools
- Summerfield Elementary School0.9 mi · 389
- College Achieve Greater Asbury Park Charter School District1.0 mi · 522
- Gables Elementary School1.9 mi · 284
- Wayside Elementary School1.9 mi · 583
- Neptune Middle School1.9 mi · 595
- Monmouth County Academy of Allied Health and Science2.0 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Green Grove Elementary SchoolHow large is Green Grove Elementary School?
Green Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 296 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Green Grove Elementary School serve?
Green Grove Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Green Grove Elementary School have?
Green Grove Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Green Grove Elementary School?
Student demographics at Green Grove Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 35% Hispanic, 46% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Green Grove Elementary School in?
Green Grove Elementary School is part of Neptune Township School District.
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