Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School

Set in OLD BRIDGE, New Jersey, Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School is a close-knit elementary-level community, run under Old Bridge Township School District. It caters to 211 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 48% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Within Old Bridge Township School District, which oversees 14 schools and 7,921 students, Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 41% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Middlesex County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.4%, the actual is 47.3%, a residual of -4.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Middlesex County indicate median household income runs about $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Walter M. Schirra Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School has declined 5%, going from 222 students in 2018 to 211 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 55% across the same window.

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