Best Public Schools in Plainfield, NJ

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2022)				Ranking (2021)				NJSLA-S Science (2022)			NJSLA English Language Arts (2022)							NJSLA Mathematics (2022)						NJSLA Algebra I (2022)				NJSLA Geometry (2022)		NJSLA Algebra II (2022)		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 (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Statewide Rank (2021)	State Percentile (2021)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th 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 English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
The Queen City Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	815 West Seventh Street	Plainfield	07063	Union County	The Queen City Academy Charter School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 753-4700	359	27	12.6	99.2%	0 (0.0%)	116 (32.3%)	243 (67.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	11.1	8.3		24.3	40.5	36.2	44.5	55.6	63.9	43.3	43.2	37.8	11.1	8.3	33.3		16.7	4.2		11.7					$9,791	$779	$9,012
Union County TEAMS Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	515 517 West Fourth Street	Plainfield	07060	Union County	Union County TEAMS Charter School-High School/College LA	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 754-9043	363	13	27.9	84.6%	1 (0.3%)	221 (60.9%)	135 (37.2%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	12.5	0.0	16.1	21.1	40.0	25.1	36.3	41.6	25.0	33.3	15.8	5.0	12.5	21.2	22.2	9.4		0.0		0.0			0.0	0.0	$9,143	$631	$8,512
The Barack Obama Green Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	35 Watchung ave	Plainfield	07060	Union County	The Barack Obama Green Charter High School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(877) 643-4064	231	23	10.0	59.7%	2 (0.9%)	82 (35.5%)	145 (62.8%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43.3	188^th of 415 public high schools	54.7%		24.5	299^th of 405 public high schools	26.2%	111			14.3							41.4									25.5	25.5					$9,321	$950	$8,371
College Achieve Central Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	365 Emerson Ave	Plainfield	07062	Union County	College Achieve Central Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 625-1879	1,423	67	21.2	63.8%	4 (0.3%)	315 (22.1%)	1,095 (77.0%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)								(n/a)	6.6	6.4	16.1	34.3	34.0	31.8	35.2	50.0	54.9	48.8	21.1	6.8	7.5	12.1	9.3	19.8		18.4		18.4					$8,250	$601	$7,649
Cresthaven Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	530 West 7th Street	Plainfield	07060	Union County	Cresthaven Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 756-1234	459	36	12.7	63.4%	1 (0.2%)	89 (19.4%)	365 (79.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20.8	1061^st of 1345 public elementary schools	21.1%		21.3	1000^th of 1317 public elementary schools	24.1%	61	9.5			27.1	27.0	43.3					27.1	4.1	16.3												$9,510	$673	$8,837
Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies	Public	7-12	1700 West Front St	Plainfield	07063	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4421	385	39	9.8	79.0%	1 (0.3%)	120 (31.2%)	261 (67.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40.9	206^th of 415 public high schools	50.4%					(n/a)		14.5	15.9					48.7	52.7	55.7					20.5	41.8		22.9		22.9					$12,696		$12,696
Plainfield High School	Public	9-12	950 Park Avenue	Plainfield	07060	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4390	1,831	129	14.1	77.0%	13 (0.7%)	361 (19.7%)	1,447 (79.0%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	12.4	385^th of 415 public high schools	7.2%					(n/a)			7.6							15.5								2.9	0.0	2.4	8.0	8.0			$10,696		$10,696
Hubbard Middle School	Public	6-8	661 W Eighth St	Plainfield	07060	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4320	804	50	16.0	84.6%	1 (0.1%)	118 (14.7%)	684 (85.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.1	700^th of 745 public middle schools	6.0%					(n/a)		0.4					7.7	12.7	12.0					6.2	6.3	4.3	83.3			83.3					$7,716	$269	$7,447
Maxson Middle School	Public	6-8	920 E Seventh St	Plainfield	07062	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4310	863	63	13.6	81.2%	13 (1.5%)	167 (19.4%)	666 (77.2%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	7 (0.8%)	13.5	666^th of 745 public middle schools	10.6%					(n/a)		3.0					16.2	21.4	18.4					5.1	8.5	5.2	69.2			69.2					$9,328	$135	$9,193
Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary School	Public	K-5	E Front St & Farragut Rd	Plainfield	07060	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4300	399	31	12.8	89.5%	6 (1.5%)	42 (10.5%)	349 (87.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12.2	1202^nd of 1345 public elementary schools	10.6%					(n/a)	5.4			11.2	25.7	32.1					6.9	10.3	8.2												$10,430	$260	$10,170
Cedarbrook Elementary School	Public	K-8	1049 Central Ave	Plainfield	07060	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4280	667	49	13.6	73.8%	4 (0.6%)	260 (39.0%)	392 (58.8%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	19.9	1078^th of 1345 public elementary schools	19.9%					(n/a)	15.2	2.9		22.8	15.0	29.9	32.3	42.5	43.4		27.0	3.4	13.8	19.4	17.8	2.3	23.1			23.1					$9,658	$142	$9,516
Clinton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	West 4th St And Clinton Ave	Plainfield	07063	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4220	337	32	10.6	77.4%	1 (0.3%)	94 (27.9%)	237 (70.3%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10.8	1228^th of 1345 public elementary schools	8.7%					(n/a)	6.3			10.9	16.7	28.3					12.2	3.9	14.6												$10,979	$261	$10,718
Frederic W. Cook Elementary School	Public	K-5	739 Leland Ave	Plainfield	07062	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4215	392	34	11.7	78.8%	5 (1.3%)	117 (29.8%)	260 (66.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	5 (1.3%)	28.3	958^th of 1345 public elementary schools	28.8%					(n/a)	12.5			25.4	38.1	49.1					29.2	30.2	15.5												$11,721		$11,721
Emerson Community School	Public	K-5	305 Emerson Ave	Plainfield	07062	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4205	464	37	12.5	81.5%	2 (0.4%)	158 (34.1%)	299 (64.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	17.7	1109^th of 1345 public elementary schools	17.5%					(n/a)	2.6			25.6	15.3	30.6					35.8	7.8	16.5												$9,801	$208	$9,593
Evergreen Elementary School	Public	K-5	1033 Evergreen Ave	Plainfield	07060	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4260	610	37	16.7	82.6%	2 (0.3%)	41 (6.7%)	563 (92.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10.2	1240^th of 1345 public elementary schools	7.8%					(n/a)	6.0			5.6	27.5	16.7					9.6	11.4	9.6												$9,188	$181	$9,007
Jefferson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1700 W. Front St	Plainfield	07063	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4250	456	33	13.8	86.0%	2 (0.4%)	49 (10.7%)	396 (86.8%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8.6	1270^th of 1345 public elementary schools	5.6%					(n/a)	1.5			16.4	6.7	9.5					17.1	9.5	6.1												$10,400	$232	$10,168
Charles H. Stillman Elementary School	Public	K-5	201 W Fourth St	Plainfield	07062	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4240	384	23	17.0	86.2%	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	374 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	16	1136^th of 1345 public elementary schools	15.5%					(n/a)				22.7	5.2	14.3					47.3	0.0	0.0												$8,813	$613	$8,200
Washington Community School	Public	PK, KG-5	427 Darrow Ave	Plainfield	07060	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 731-4230	660	41	16.2	80.8%	2 (0.3%)	59 (8.9%)	595 (90.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9.3	1260^th of 1345 public elementary schools	6.3%					(n/a)	3.2			7.1	10.8	9.2					18.7	10.8	12.6												$10,327	$167	$10,160

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