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Plainfield City School District

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Plainfield City School District is located in north New Jersey. Plainfield City School District has 6.02 square miles of land area and 0.01 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Plainfield City School District population is 50,423. Plainfield City School District median household income is $53,099 in 2010-2014. Plainfield City School District median house value is $246,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Plainfield City School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (277 out of 285, bottom 3%) Elementary/Middle School: (508 out of 515, bottom 1%)* Rank: #557
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	15
Population	50,423 (2010-2014), rank #45
Population Growth	8.77% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	8,357.59/sq mi, rank #37
Median Household Income:	$53,099 at 2010-2014—5.98% increase since 2005-2009, rank #498
Median House Price:	$246,500 at 2010-2014—-20.07% increase since 2005-2009, rank #416
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	6.02 sq mi, rank #286
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.18%), rank #502
State:	New Jersey
County:	Union County
City:	Plainfield
Zip:	07060, 07063, 08812, 07062, 07076
Area:	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

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Plainfield City School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1200 Myrtle Ave

Plainfield NJ, 07063, Union County

Phone: 908-731-4200

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	7,176	6,757	6,407	8,105	6,508	6,460	6,465
English Language Learner Students:	2,057	2,005	1,652	1,482	1,320	1,188	NA
Total Teachers:	601.50	552.26	501.00	501.00	507.00	564.00	534.00
Prekindergarten:	2.00	9.50	7.00	6.00	6.00	2.00	2.00
Kindergarten:	18.00	18.50	18.50	19.00	21.00	25.50	25.00
Elementary:	254.00	275.99	264.50	266.50	271.00	240.00	71.00
Secondary:	255.50	210.12	195.00	196.50	195.00	245.50	267.00
Ungraded:	72.00	38.15	16.00	13.00	14.00	51.00	83.00
Total Other Staff:	619.00	501.96	425.50	453.50	499.00	232.20	311.40
Instructional Aides:	238.50	129.50	96.50	99.00	128.00	100.20	244.40
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	24.00	17.00	7.00	8.00	8.00	13.00	21.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	15.00	14.00	14.00	15.00	16.00	2.00	8.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	8.00	10.00	11.00	NA	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	6.00	5.00	5.00	NA	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	15.00	14.00	NA	NA	NA	2.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
Library/Media Support:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	4.00	2.97	4.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	29.00	33.00	31.00	39.00	42.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	27.00	23.00	24.00	24.00	26.00	36.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	35.00	46.00	39.00	40.00	44.00	0.00	NA
Student Support Services:	66.00	65.99	59.00	59.00	56.00	64.00	19.00
Other Support Services:	170.50	160.50	141.00	154.50	162.00	0.00	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.93	12.24	12.79	16.18	12.84	11.45	12.11

Schools

Barack Obama Academy For Academic & Civic Developm	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1200 Myrtle Ave, Plainfield NJ 07063
Cedarbrook Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	1049 Central Ave, Plainfield NJ 07060
Charles H. Stillman Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	201 West Fourth St, Plainfield NJ 07060
Clinton Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	West 4th St And Clinton Ave, Plainfield NJ 07063
Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	E Front St And Farragut Rd, Plainfield NJ 07060
Emerson Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	305 Emerson Ave, Plainfield NJ 07062
Evergreen Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1033 Evergreen Ave, Plainfield NJ 07060
Frederic W. Cook Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 7	739 Leland Ave, Plainfield NJ 07062
Hubbard Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	661 West Eighth St, Plainfield NJ 07060
Jefferson Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1700 West Front St, Plainfield NJ 07063
Maxson Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	920 East Seventh St, Plainfield NJ 07062
Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies	Grade 7 to Grade 12	1700 West Front St, Plainfield NJ 07063
Plainfield High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	950 Park Ave, Plainfield NJ 07060
Washington Community School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	427 Darrow Ave, Plainfield NJ 07060
Woodland Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	730 Central St, Plainfield NJ 07062

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ASK Test
2004	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	64.5%	79.4%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	66.6%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	61.3%	82.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	59.1%	83.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	62.9%	86.1%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	36.5%	62.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	27.8%	59.8%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	35.9%	63.0%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	38.2%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	42.5%	66.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	44.1%	76.6%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	52.1%	82.5%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	60.6%	86.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	64.0%	87.3%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	65.3%	86.8%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	50.3%	75.4%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	44.9%	78.3%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	47.0%	78.9%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	51.9%	78.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	58.7%	77.7%
2003	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	57.1%	77.6%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	63.2%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	59.4%	81.6%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	50.9%	80.0%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	55.2%	80.6%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	60.2%	82.7%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	29.2%	63.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	31.7%	59.7%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	29.3%	62.7%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	32.9%	58.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	32.9%	59.4%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	29.2%	68.0%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	46.7%	72.1%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	52.0%	80.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	57.6%	82.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	63.1%	84.7%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	63.3%	84.9%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	45.7%	73.1%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	55.2%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	51.9%	79.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	55.1%	77.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	57.1%	78.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	47.6%	81.1%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	49.9%	82.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	51.1%	83.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	53.4%	85.1%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	72.3%	91.1%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	83.6%	93.5%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	74.7%	90.0%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	78.7%	91.3%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	78.5%	89.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	75.1%	88.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	33.5%	60.0%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	37.5%	66.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	35.8%	63.3%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	31.8%	60.9%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	28.9%	62.1%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	35.9%	61.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	71.7%	84.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	51.8%	76.6%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	56.6%	77.6%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	53.9%	79.0%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	54.7%	80.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	61.1%	83.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	60.4%	79.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	42.0%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	20.4%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	39.2%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	31.1%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	41.5%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	32.1%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	49.2%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	41.2%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	41.4%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	46.9%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	55.5%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	54.9%	78.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	47.8%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	35.8%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	39.7%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	35.7%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	28.9%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	28.0%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	32.1%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	32.9%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	35.1%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	31.2%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	35.1%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	34.0%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	29.5%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	32.7%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	48.7%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	52.8%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	55.6%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	64.1%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	55.4%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	59.7%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	29.2%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	38.0%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	27.4%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	37.4%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	31.7%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	30.9%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	54.4%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	52.2%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	55.3%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	56.8%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	52.6%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	44.9%	79.0%
GEPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	40.1%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	46.8%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	42.9%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	43.3%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	31.1%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	20.4%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	32.7%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	32.7%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	22.2%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	28.2%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	34%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	45.6%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	40.0%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	45.1%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	30.2%	78.9%
HSPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	64.3%	80.1%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	69.1%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	60.0%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	54%	83.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	62.1%	85.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	59.1%	83.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	61.1%	84.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	56.1%	88.0%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	63.9%	89.6%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	68.3%	91.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	77.6%	91.6%
2003	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	28.7%	65.9%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	32.3%	70.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	34.6%	75.5%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	36.6%	75.9%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	45.0%	73.4%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	40.5%	75.4%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	30.7%	73.7%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	33.4%	75.0%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	27.5%	75.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	34.3%	79.3%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	48.6%	79.7%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% proficient	37.6%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$187,166,000	$29,213		$161,172,000	$19,886		$161,001,000	$24,739
Federal:	$12,100,000	$1,889	6.5%	$13,195,000	$1,628	8.2%	$22,331,000	$3,431	13.9%
State:	$149,354,000	$23,311	79.8%	$122,571,000	$15,123	76.0%	$115,310,000	$17,718	71.6%
Local:	$25,712,000	$4,013	13.7%	$25,406,000	$3,135	15.8%	$23,360,000	$3,589	14.5%
Total Expenditures:	$170,512,000	$26,613		$157,263,000	$19,403		$160,317,000	$24,634
Total Current Expenditures:	$126,641,000	$19,766		$119,704,000	$14,769		$123,115,000	$18,917
Instructional Expenditures:	$68,398,000	$10,676	54.0%	$65,073,000	$8,029	54.4%	$65,337,000	$10,039	53.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$16,899,000	$2,638	13.3%	$16,067,000	$1,982	13.4%	$18,546,000	$2,850	15.1%
Administration:	$12,898,000	$2,013	10.2%	$12,596,000	$1,554	10.5%	$13,168,000	$2,023	10.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$28,446,000	$4,440	22.5%	$25,968,000	$3,204	21.7%	$26,064,000	$4,005	21.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,111,000	$329		$1,886,000	$233		$2,750,000	$423
Construction:	$1,124,000	$175		$1,199,000	$148		$2,351,000	$361
Total Other:	$70,000	$11		$202,000	$25		$253,000	$39
Interest on Debt:	$1,168,000	$182		$1,195,000	$147		$989,000	$152

Total Salary:	$74,391,000	$11,611		$73,135,000	$9,023		$75,444,000	$11,593
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$45,200,000	$7,055	60.8%	$43,299,000	$5,342	59.2%	$43,945,000	$6,752	58.2%
Other Salary:	$29,191,000	$4,556	39.2%	$29,836,000	$3,681	40.8%	$31,499,000	$4,840	41.8%
Total Benefit:	$31,841,000	$4,970		$31,469,000	$3,883		$30,195,000	$4,640
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$18,212,000	$2,843	57.2%	$17,164,000	$2,118	54.5%	$16,669,000	$2,561	55.2%
Other Benefit:	$13,629,000	$2,127	42.8%	$14,305,000	$1,765	45.5%	$13,526,000	$2,078	44.8%

* Plainfield City School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.