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Evergreen Elementary School

Public Grades K-5

1272^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 6% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Evergreen Elementary School is a public elementary school in Plainfield, New Jersey, serving 423 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Plainfield Public School District, which is ranked 564 out of 609 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Evergreen Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of New Jersey elementary schools, with low academic performance on standardized tests. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 10.4% of 3rd-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 44.9% statewide. The school's performance in Mathematics and Science is also significantly below state averages. Evergreen Elementary School serves a high-needs student population, with 77.07% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and a high percentage of English Language Learners.

While the nearby Charles H. Stillman Elementary School and Cedarbrook Elementary School also struggle academically, the Frederic W. Cook Elementary School, also in the Plainfield Public School District, has significantly higher academic performance. Additionally, the Cresthaven Academy Charter School, located within 0.7 miles of Evergreen Elementary, outperforms the school on standardized tests, particularly in English Language Arts.

398

Students ?

8.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,188

Per pupil spending ?

75.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1033 Evergreen Ave
Plainfield, NJ 07060-2613

(908) 731-4260

District: Plainfield Public School District

Students who attend Evergreen Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Maxson Middle School
High:	Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies
	Plainfield High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

87.9%

African American:

9.0%

White:

2.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 14th percentile in 2014 → 6th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 8 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (15% vs 46% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2014

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school15%

District avg21%

New Jersey avg46%

1,272^nd of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 6%▼ down 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 13% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 9Elementary Schools in the Plainfield Public School District

564^th of 609Plainfield 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	8.9	1272 of 1347	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	1229 of 1338	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.1	1243 of 1342	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.2	1240 of 1345	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.5	1235 of 1360	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.4	1218 of 1353	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	13.1	1183 of 1352	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	12.0	1195 of 1346	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	14.5	1181 of 1357	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	16.3	1175 of 1363	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	13.3	1217 of 1367	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	7.9	1264 of 1363	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	13.3	1213 of 1360	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	11.0	1227 of 1354	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	14.3	1185 of 1346	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	18.3	1163 of 1338	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	6.7	1240 of 1329	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	5.8	1225 of 1314	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	5.6	1230 of 1303	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	12.1	1153 of 1298	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	20.2	980 of 1204	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2022	13.3	478 of 494	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	38.1	344 of 522	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.8	374 of 517	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	28.3	445 of 597	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.0	348 of 559	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.0	338 of 499	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.9	336 of 489	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.3	313 of 463	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.8	290 of 434	33.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	6.5	1257 of 1326	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.7	1183 of 1317	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.2	1202 of 1318	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.7	1219 of 1326	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.4	1171 of 1331	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.4	1183 of 1333	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	18.4	868 of 1032	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	828 of 989	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.1	837 of 982	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.8	788 of 953	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.6	706 of 899	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.3	682 of 870	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	19.0	929 of 1023	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	30.0	671 of 939	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.1	699 of 910	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.3	677 of 863	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.2	618 of 948	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.7	742 of 942	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	12.6	1173 of 1318	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.6	1155 of 1313	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.9	1168 of 1315	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	1169 of 1324	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.8	1199 of 1335	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.1	1200 of 1334	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2023	19.1	776 of 958	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.8	733 of 1007	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.7	837 of 1001	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2025)25th percentile+20 vs school

Special Education (2023)19th percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)16th percentile+10 vs school

Male (2025)11th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)5th percentile~ school

African American (2022)3rd percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics20%-27 vs state

English Language Arts12%-38 vs state

Science9%-21 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)						NJSLA Algebra I (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-S Science 8th 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 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 End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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	398	47	8.5	75.1%	8 (2.0%)	36 (9.0%)	350 (87.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	8.9	1272^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	5.6%		10.5	1229^th of 1338 public elementary schools	8.1%	43	9.0		10.4	15.8	10.6				27.9	20.7	11.9						$9,188	$181	$9,007
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	317	28	11.3	87.4%	1 (0.3%)	31 (9.8%)	283 (89.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10	1255^th of 1347 public elementary schools	6.8%		14.5	1153^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	13.8%	102	10.9		5.4	18.6	26.0				18.6	16.3	21.9						$8,813	$613	$8,200
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	671	60	11.1	69.2%	5 (0.7%)	188 (28.0%)	463 (69.0%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.9%)	14.8	1177^th of 1347 public elementary schools	12.6%		13.9	1166^th of 1338 public elementary schools	12.9%	11	8.0	5.4	31.2	25.0	23.2	29.3	34.7	37.8	25.0	17.6	21.0	23.2	18.8	18.9			$9,658	$142	$9,516
Cresthaven Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	530 West 7th Street	Plainfield	07060	Union County	Cresthaven Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 756-1234	621	29	21.4	82.4%	7 (1.1%)	100 (16.1%)	507 (81.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	26.6	1003^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	25.5%		27.9	970^th of 1338 public elementary schools	27.5%	33	4.8	7.8	36.4	33.3	49.2	49.1	28.8	49.0	46.1	14.7	15.9	28.8	11.9	0.0	26.3	26.3	$9,510	$673	$8,837
Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	730 Central Street	Plainfield	07062	Union County	Plainfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(908) 731-4290	816	34	24.0	85.9%	6 (0.7%)	69 (8.5%)	728 (89.2%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.7%)	7.8	1287^th of 1347 public elementary schools	4.5%					(n/a)	4.4		6.8	10.7	18.2				30.9	11.4	12.4
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	557	45	12.3	87.6%	4 (0.7%)	44 (7.9%)	504 (90.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.5%)	9.3	1266^th of 1347 public elementary schools	6.0%		10.9	1223^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	8.6%	43	2.5		23.9	17.4	9.1				23.7	23.1	8.9						$10,327	$167	$10,160
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	423	33	12.6	83.2%	8 (1.9%)	37 (8.7%)	375 (88.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	14.1	1189^th of 1347 public elementary schools	11.7%		12.2	1202^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	10.2%	13	7.2		22.9	21.4	30.4				32.8	20.8	21.4						$10,430	$260	$10,170
John E. Riley Elementary School	Public	K-4	100 Morris Ave	South Plainfield	07080	Middlesex County	South Plainfield School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 754-4620	367	36	10.2	39.0%	118 (32.2%)	37 (10.1%)	167 (45.5%)	26 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	17 (4.6%)	55.8	600^th of 1347 public elementary schools	55.5%		41	782^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	41.6%	182			37.3	67.2					44.8	62.8							$6,256	$226	$6,030
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	198	36	5.5	49.5%	5 (2.5%)	107 (54.0%)	79 (39.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	4 (2.0%)	57.4	580^th of 1347 public elementary schools	56.9%		41.3	779^th of 1338 public elementary schools	41.8%	199	24.0		67.8	66.7	84.0				51.6	39.3	24.0						$11,721		$11,721
East End School	Public	PK, KG-4	170 Oneida Avenue	North Plainfield	07060	Somerset County	North Plainfield School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 769-6070	451	45	10.0	80.5%	22 (4.9%)	61 (13.5%)	354 (78.5%)	11 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	19.8	1103^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	18.1%		20.4	1070^th of 1338 public elementary schools	20.0%	33			15.1	37.8					23.9	38.5							$10,925	$775	$10,150

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