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Grover Cleveland Elementary School

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Grover Cleveland Elementary School ranks 902 nd of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-6

902^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 33% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Grover Cleveland Elementary School is a public elementary school in Rahway, New Jersey, serving 470 students in grades PK-6. The school is part of the Rahway Public School District, which is ranked 512 out of 609 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Grover Cleveland Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of New Jersey elementary schools, with significantly below-average performance on state assessments across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's English Language Arts proficiency rates ranged from 22.9% to 62.8%, compared to the state averages of 44.9% to 56.1%. In mathematics, the school's proficiency rates were 16.2% to 35.3%, compared to the state averages of 39.8% to 49.8%. The school also has high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 14.9% to 31.3% over the past few years, which is much higher than the state average.

While the challenges faced by Grover Cleveland Elementary appear to be systemic within the Rahway Public School District, as nearby schools in the district demonstrate similar struggles, some nearby schools in the Linden Public School District and Woodbridge Township School District, such as Number 9 and Avenel Street Elementary School, demonstrate stronger academic performance and lower chronic absenteeism rates, suggesting that the challenges may be specific to the Rahway district.

453

Students ?

11.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,500

Per pupil spending ?

66.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

486 E Milton Ave
Rahway, NJ 07065-5202

(732) 396-1040

District: Rahway Public School District

Students who attend Grover Cleveland Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy
High:	Rahway High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

47.0%

Hispanic:

39.5%

White:

5.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 27th percentile in 2015 → 33rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2015

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Rahway Public School District

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (35% vs 46% meeting standards)

!Mathematics scores 19 pts below the New Jersey average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school35%

District avg31%

New Jersey avg46%

902^nd of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 33%▲ up 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 27% (2015) to bottom 33% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 4Elementary Schools in the Rahway Public School District

512^th of 609Rahway 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	33.4	902 of 1347	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	20.0	1073 of 1338	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.2	1009 of 1342	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.2	1073 of 1345	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.6	1089 of 1317	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	1153 of 1360	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.4	1114 of 1353	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.7	1117 of 1352	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	29.1	997 of 1346	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	28.2	997 of 1357	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	22.3	1124 of 1363	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	25.2	1098 of 1367	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	49.4	832 of 1363	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2011	37.6	988 of 1360	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	48.4	855 of 1354	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	23.3	1120 of 1346	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	19.8	1150 of 1338	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	9.2	1218 of 1329	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	7.4	1209 of 1314	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	15.5	1150 of 1303	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	21.3	1098 of 1298	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	18.9	989 of 1204	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	58.6	146 of 463	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.1	264 of 469	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	56.2	183 of 463	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.4	275 of 494	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.3	339 of 456	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.8	337 of 522	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.8	212 of 517	59.0%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	46.6	265 of 597	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.9	299 of 559	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	58.1	146 of 499	70.7%	★★★★☆
2022	58.3	136 of 489	72.2%	★★★★☆
2021	43.1	177 of 411	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	32.2	307 of 463	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.8	203 of 434	53.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	27.5	955 of 1326	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	1041 of 1317	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.7	997 of 1318	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.9	1052 of 1326	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.4	1045 of 1290	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.4	1097 of 1331	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	1087 of 1333	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	48.4	481 of 1032	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.5	595 of 989	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.1	501 of 982	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.9	525 of 953	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	40.7	504 of 896	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.5	588 of 899	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.3	596 of 870	31.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	47.3	525 of 1023	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.0	536 of 939	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.6	400 of 910	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	33.3	578 of 863	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.8	573 of 839	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.0	586 of 948	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.3	672 of 942	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	42.6	748 of 1318	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	22.0	1004 of 1313	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.2	907 of 1315	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	23.1	999 of 1324	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.5	1033 of 1297	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.4	1118 of 1335	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.0	1056 of 1334	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	22.1	812 of 1023	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.5	783 of 989	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.9	858 of 958	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.2	822 of 949	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.5	785 of 868	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.9	877 of 1007	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.0	783 of 1001	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2025)68th percentile+35 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)56th percentile+23 vs school

Hispanic (2025)53rd percentile+20 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)49th percentile+16 vs school

Male (2025)43rd percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)28th percentile-5 vs school

Special Education (2025)21st percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts47%-5 vs state

Science28%-3 vs state

Mathematics26%-19 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)				NJSLA Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Grover Cleveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	486 E Milton Ave	Rahway	07065	Union County	Rahway Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 396-1040	453	41	11.0	66.7%	23 (5.1%)	213 (47.0%)	179 (39.5%)	17 (3.8%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.8%)	33.4	902^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	33.0%		20	1073^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	19.8%	171	27.5	22.9	60.7	62.8	41.2	18.6	34.4	35.3	16.2	$12,500	$257	$12,243
Roosevelt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	811 St George Ave	Rahway	07065	Union County	Rahway Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 396-1060	608	54	11.3	59.0%	94 (15.5%)	168 (27.6%)	304 (50.0%)	14 (2.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (3.9%)	17.8	1133^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	15.9%		22	1045^th of 1338 public elementary schools	21.9%	88	16.4	28.9	24.6	38.0	49.3	21.4	13.0	10.2	14.1	$14,584	$216	$14,368
Franklin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1809 St Georges Ave	Rahway	07065	Union County	Rahway Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 396-1050	658	47	14.1	72.2%	67 (10.2%)	173 (26.3%)	378 (57.4%)	12 (1.8%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.5%)	28.8	972^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	27.8%		32.5	909^th of 1338 public elementary schools	32.1%	63	17.2	26.1	38.9	51.1	66.0	23.1	14.9	19.5	28.5	$11,340	$297	$11,043
Woodbine Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	Woodbine Avenue	Avenel	07001	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 602-8523	401	37	10.7	49.9%	44 (11.0%)	83 (20.7%)	85 (21.2%)	180 (44.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	43.9	755^th of 1347 public elementary schools	43.9%		46.4	716^th of 1338 public elementary schools	46.5%	39	25.4	39.3	43.5	54.6		52.5	46.9	37.4		$4,196		$4,196
Madison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	944 Madison Avenue	Rahway	07065	Union County	Rahway Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 396-1070	384	30	12.8	49.2%	85 (22.1%)	93 (24.2%)	174 (45.3%)	14 (3.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (3.9%)	32.4	924^th of 1347 public elementary schools	31.4%		26.6	986^th of 1338 public elementary schools	26.3%	62	14.3	25.5	51.9	62.5	40.0	33.3	42.6	17.9	28.0	$13,840	$296	$13,544
Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	83 Post Blvd	Carteret	07008	Middlesex County	Carteret Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 541-8960	529	47	11.1	71.5%	58 (11.0%)	57 (10.8%)	184 (34.8%)	210 (39.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	33.1	909^th of 1347 public elementary schools	32.5%		47	709^th of 1338 public elementary schools	47.0%	200		34.0	50.0			44.6	26.4			$4,949	$301	$4,648
Number 8	Public	PK, KG-5	500 West Blancke St.	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 862-4397	334	27	12.3	68.3%	57 (17.1%)	61 (18.3%)	200 (59.9%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.0%)	19.2	1109^th of 1347 public elementary schools	17.7%		22.3	1041^st of 1338 public elementary schools	22.2%	68	14.3	23.4	45.6	34.3		20.9	25.8	17.1		$9,886	$114	$9,772
Number 2	Public	PK, KG-5	1700 South Wood Avenue	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 862-3287	602	60	10.0	78.7%	46 (7.6%)	128 (21.3%)	389 (64.6%)	16 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	18 (3.0%)	16.4	1158^th of 1347 public elementary schools	14.0%		13.3	1179^th of 1338 public elementary schools	11.9%	21	10.3	27.7	27.1	22.1		43.1	11.5	10.3		$9,950	$510	$9,440
Number 6	Public	PK, KG-5	19 East Morris Ave.	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 862-3003	320	23	13.9	63.8%	81 (25.3%)	61 (19.1%)	160 (50.0%)	11 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	22.6	1054^th of 1347 public elementary schools	21.8%		25.1	1005^th of 1338 public elementary schools	24.9%	49	21.7	17.5	31.4	47.9		28.5	15.7	34.8		$9,307	$600	$8,707
Number 9	Public	PK, KG-5	1401 Deerfield Terrace	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 486-5164	311	31	10.0	60.5%	55 (17.7%)	83 (26.7%)	135 (43.4%)	17 (5.5%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.3%)	15 (4.8%)	43.3	767^th of 1347 public elementary schools	43.1%		38.4	817^th of 1338 public elementary schools	38.9%	50	19.5	41.3	63.2	47.2		45.8	40.0	40.0		$9,767	$186	$9,581

Frequently Asked Questions about Grover Cleveland Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Grover Cleveland Elementary School?

Students at Grover Cleveland Elementary School are 47% African American, 40% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Grover Cleveland Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Grover Cleveland Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy
High : Rahway High School

How many students attend Grover Cleveland Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 453 students attended Grover Cleveland Elementary School.

Is Grover Cleveland Elementary School a good school?

Grover Cleveland Elementary School ranks 902^nd of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Grover Cleveland Elementary School in?

Rahway Public School District

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