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Grover Cleveland Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1320th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,331 New Jersey Elementary Schools
Better than 1% of New Jersey elementary schools
Summary

Grover Cleveland Elementary School is a Newark, New Jersey, school serving pre-K through grade 8, with 321 students. It is part of the Newark Public School District, which SchoolDigger ranks 547th of 607 New Jersey districts, at the 10th percentile with one star. SchoolDigger ranks Grover 1,320th of 1,331 state schools, at the 1st percentile with zero stars. The central concern is that 2025–26 test results are low across most grades and subjects, including compared with the district, state, and nearby schools.

Grover’s strongest comparison is seventh-grade English Language Arts: 34% of students were proficient, close to the district’s 35% and the highest among nearby schools reporting that grade; Avon Avenue School was next at 33%. But the broader results are much weaker. Across the six reported grades, ELA proficiency averaged 16% at Grover, versus 28% districtwide and 51% statewide; Math averaged 6%, versus 22% and 40%. Grover was below both district and state averages in every reported grade in both subjects. Science proficiency was 0% in both tested grades, compared with 9% and 7% in the district and 27% and 19% statewide. Sixth-grade ELA was also 0%, while every nearby school reporting that grade was at least 9.6%.

Results have shown little overall progress: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, Grover’s six-grade ELA average rose from 15% to 16%, and its Math average from 5% to 6%; the Math gap with the state widened from 31 points to 35 points. Eighth-grade Science remained at 0% in each of the last four reported years. One positive change is attendance: chronic absenteeism fell from 57% in 2021–22 to 12% in 2024–25, though that latest rate was 2 points above the district’s. In 2024–25, 77% of Grover students were free/reduced lunch eligible; its student-teacher ratio was 14.5:1. SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness ranking for Special Education Students fell from the 30th percentile in 2023–24 to the 3rd in 2025–26, while the overall percentile was 1 in 2025–26.

321
Students ?
14.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$22,328
Per pupil spending ?
76.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 388 Bergen St
       Newark, NJ  07108

(973) 733-6944

District: Newark Public School District


Students who attend Grover Cleveland Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Barringer High School
    Central High School
    East Side High School
    Malcolm X Shabazz High School
    More...
Racial breakdown:

African American:
72.3%
Hispanic:
26.8%
Two or more races:
0.6%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 5th percentile in 2016 → 1st in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (10% vs 43% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)
!Mathematics scores 36 pts below the New Jersey average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school10%
District avg24%
New Jersey avg43%
Elementary school
1,320th of 1,331
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 4 pts since 2016
From bottom 5% (2016) to bottom 1% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of New Jersey Elementary Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
708th of 743
New Jersey public middle schools ?
Bottom 5%▼ down 1 pts since 2016
See the entire ranking list of New Jersey Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
42nd of 42Elementary Schools in the Newark Public School District
547th of 607Newark Public School District among New Jersey districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20264.11320 of 13310.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.31280 of 13475.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.61273 of 13384.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.01276 of 13424.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.81267 of 13455.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.51296 of 13171.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.21322 of 13602.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.31292 of 13534.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20179.51232 of 13528.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20165.81283 of 13464.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20154.81319 of 13572.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20142.71318 of 13633.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20132.81330 of 13672.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20125.61284 of 13635.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20117.01271 of 13606.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201025.31113 of 135417.8%★☆☆☆☆
200911.31211 of 134610.0%★☆☆☆☆
200810.11223 of 13388.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200719.91145 of 132913.8%★☆☆☆☆
20067.01211 of 13147.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20053.91243 of 13034.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200417.61114 of 129814.2%★☆☆☆☆
20034.21124 of 12046.6%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202613.8403 of 4347.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.6412 of 46311.0%★☆☆☆☆
202424.5373 of 46920.5%★☆☆☆☆
202319.7409 of 46311.7%★☆☆☆☆
202224.1404 of 49418.2%★☆☆☆☆
202117.0436 of 4564.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.0467 of 52210.5%★☆☆☆☆
201822.7400 of 51722.6%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20264.61300 of 13110.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202510.31209 of 13268.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.51169 of 131711.2%★☆☆☆☆
202312.01170 of 131811.2%★☆☆☆☆
202210.01212 of 13268.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.01280 of 12900.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.81263 of 13315.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.11195 of 133310.4%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
201912.8784 of 89912.8%★☆☆☆☆
201826.0651 of 87025.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20267.7986 of 10021.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202519.4924 of 10239.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202421.5753 of 93919.8%★☆☆☆☆
20196.5839 of 94811.5%★☆☆☆☆
201817.3859 of 9428.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20264.81287 of 13061.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.21284 of 13182.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.41252 of 13134.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.31274 of 13153.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.51222 of 13247.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.81235 of 12974.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.71282 of 13354.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.41291 of 13343.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202612.2943 of 9702.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202513.9956 of 10236.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202426.0696 of 98929.6%★☆☆☆☆
202314.6863 of 9589.9%★☆☆☆☆
202214.0886 of 9496.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.2855 of 8681.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.8921 of 10078.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.1889 of 100111.2%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20269.7708 of 7434.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202516.5647 of 75214.0%★☆☆☆☆
202416.5638 of 74314.1%★☆☆☆☆
20239.4712 of 7484.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.3685 of 7458.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.1624 of 6524.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.3637 of 74514.5%★☆☆☆☆
201815.2614 of 71614.2%★☆☆☆☆
201714.7610 of 71214.3%★☆☆☆☆
20167.6674 of 7135.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201514.3618 of 71313.3%★☆☆☆☆
20141.4699 of 7172.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20130.4703 of 7040.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20121.3665 of 6771.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20113.7648 of 6845.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201010.6606 of 67710.5%★☆☆☆☆
20096.4611 of 6648.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20083.0616 of 6403.8%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202626.3267 of 33119.3%★☆☆☆☆
202542.1182 of 35949.3%★★☆☆☆
202432.1240 of 35231.8%★★☆☆☆
202317.0336 of 3616.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202224.7297 of 35616.6%★☆☆☆☆
202121.0266 of 2918.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201935.3219 of 32632.8%★★☆☆☆
201835.0216 of 32633.7%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202616.4614 of 71614.2%★☆☆☆☆
202518.9598 of 72817.9%★☆☆☆☆
202417.4606 of 71715.5%★☆☆☆☆
202312.1657 of 7208.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.4609 of 72616.1%★☆☆☆☆
202111.9575 of 6258.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.9573 of 70318.5%★☆☆☆☆
201820.1562 of 68017.4%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202538.3360 of 60840.8%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202614.9555 of 5905.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202524.5510 of 61316.8%★☆☆☆☆
201837.2333 of 52236.2%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20266.0712 of 7140.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202517.4616 of 72615.2%★☆☆☆☆
202417.2620 of 71913.8%★☆☆☆☆
20235.9712 of 7180.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.2686 of 7306.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.1609 of 6354.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.4578 of 69717.1%★☆☆☆☆
201816.4577 of 67514.5%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202617.4449 of 4826.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.2500 of 5071.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.2499 of 5102.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.5501 of 5050.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.9526 of 5351.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.7371 of 4017.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201926.9376 of 49223.6%★☆☆☆☆
201824.5382 of 47118.9%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Hispanic (2019)13th percentile+10 vs school
African American (2026)7th percentile+6 vs school
Special Education (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2026)1st percentile~ school
Female (2026)1st percentile~ school
Middle school
Hispanic (2025)41st percentile+27 vs school
African American (2026)19th percentile+15 vs school
Female (2026)14th percentile+10 vs school
Special Education (2026)7th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)6th percentile~ school
Male (2026)<1st percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs New Jersey (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts16%-35 vs state
Mathematics6%-36 vs state
Science0%-23 vs state

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Students at Grover Cleveland Elementary School are 72% African American, 27% Hispanic.

In the 2024-25 school year, 321 students attended Grover Cleveland Elementary School.

Grover Cleveland Elementary School ranks in the bottom 0.8% of New Jersey elementary schools.

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