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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Grant Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
610
Middle
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341629003220
Grant Intermediate School
159 N CLINTON AVENUE, TRENTON, NJ 08609 · (609) 656-4730 · Mercer County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
532 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 4 | 203 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 208 | 34% |
| Grade 6 | 199 | 33% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
7.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
4.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 7 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 7.3% | 4.2% |
| 2023-24 | 8.7% | 5.0% |
% 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
5.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Grant Intermediate School
Grant Intermediate School's state test result (5.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Intermediate School this school | 610 | 87.2% | 5.4% |
| Rosa Parks Community School ORANGE | 593 | 84.1% | 29.1% |
| Clara Parker Intermediate School Trenton | 583 | 88.2% | 9.2% |
| Battle Monument Intermediate School TRENTON | 499 | 87.8% | 3.4% |
| Somerset School North Plainfield | 485 | 82.1% | 18.5% |
| Pleasantville Middle School PLEASANTVILLE | 847 | 82.6% | 16.0% |
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 Grant Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 5.4% | #429 of 433 | #17 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.2% | #433 of 437 ▼ 9 | #16 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.3% | #434 of 437 ▼ 9 | #18 of 20 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #181 of 445 | #14 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #360 of 417 | #12 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.1% | #343 of 419 | #17 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.2% | #11 of 436 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.3% | #26 of 122 | #2 of 8 |
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
610
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 610 | 48.5 | 12.6:1 | 87% (532) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 44.5 | 12.8:1 | 49% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 45.5 | 11.9:1 | 72% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 602 | 48 | 12.5:1 | 60% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 45.5 | 11.1:1 | 94% (474) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 41 | 11.8:1 | 93% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 76% (383) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | 40 | 11.2:1 | 87% (391) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 40 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grant Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (503 to 610); teachers up 7% (45.5 to 48.5).
About Grant Intermediate School
Grant Intermediate School sits in TRENTON, New Jersey, and is classified as a middle school. School enrollment was 610 students in 2024-25, in grades 4 through 6.
Trenton Public School District enrolls 13,549 students, and its 25 schools include Grant Intermediate School.
Roughly 75% of students at Grant Intermediate School are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 23%. Grant Intermediate School's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Grant Intermediate School is 48.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.6:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher above the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Around 87% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 48% average among public schools in Mercer County.
A school with Grant Intermediate School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 18.4%. Grant Intermediate School scores 5.4%, 13.1 points below that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Mercer County, the median household income is $100,645, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Mercer County is home to 110 public schools and about 58,647 public school students.
The school nearest to Grant Intermediate School is Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Grant Intermediate School is 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Grant Intermediate School is City: Small.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 610, starting from 602.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Grant Intermediate School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Trenton Public School District
- Trenton Central High School - Main CampusHigh · 2,097 students
- Trenton Central High School-9th Grade AcademyHigh · 890 students
- Capital City High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Grace A Dunn Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Dr. Martin Luther King Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
Other schools in TRENTON
- Trenton Central High School - Main CampusHigh · 2,097 students
- Foundation Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,155 students
- Trenton Central High School-9th Grade AcademyHigh · 890 students
- Capital City High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Grace A Dunn Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 668 students
Nearby schools
- Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy0.2 mi · 890
- Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School0.4 mi · 468
- Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School0.5 mi · 650
- Capital City High School0.5 mi · 756
- Patton J. Hill Elementary School0.6 mi · 555
- Carroll Robbins Elementary School0.6 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Grant Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Grant Intermediate School?
Grant Intermediate School enrolls approximately 610 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Grant Intermediate School serve?
Grant Intermediate School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Grant Intermediate School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Grant Intermediate School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grant Intermediate School?
At Grant Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 75% Hispanic, 23% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Grant Intermediate School public or private?
Grant Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Trenton Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.