Middle · New Jersey
Grant Elementary School
Grant Elementary School, a public middle school in South Plainfield, New Jersey: grades 5–6, 568 students, 11.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of South Plainfield School District.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 568
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.5
- Students per teacher
- 11.0
- Grades
- 5–6
- Middle
More students per teacher than 53% of middle schools in New Jersey
Median 10.8 · 441 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 84% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 53% of middle schools in New Jersey
Median 544 · 443 schools compared
Larger than 55% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Jersey's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New Jersey: 54%46%proficient
−1.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 71% of middle schools in New Jersey
Median 60% · 442 middle schools compared
547 students tested, grades 5, 6 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
New Jersey: 41%39%proficient
+5.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 53% of middle schools in New Jersey
Median 37% · 442 middle schools compared
548 students tested, grades 5, 6 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 5–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with South Plainfield School District.
Location
- Address
- 305 Cromwell Place, South Plainfield, NJ 07080
- Phone
- (908)754-4620
- City or town
- South Plainfield
- County
- Middlesex County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7–8 | 553 | 10.7 | 55% | 35% | |
| 6–8 | 737 | 11.2 | 21% | 14% | |
| 5–6 | 485 | 9.5 | 30% | 19% | |
| 6–8 | 467 | 10.7 | 60% | 30% | |
| 6–8 | 930 | 12.3 | 87% | 63% | |
| 6–8 | 721 | 9.2 | 23% | 10% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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