The Plainfield Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Plainfield, in Union County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide, which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's 15 schools had an enrollment of 6,407 students and 501.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâ€"teacher ratio of 12.79:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
- Elementary schools
- DeWitt D. Barlow Elementary School (334; K-5)
- Cedarbrook Elementary School (576; K-8)
- Clinton Elementary School (335; K-8)
- Frederic W. Cook Elementary School (264; K-7)
- Emerson Community School (483; K-5)
- Evergreen Elementary School (555; K-5)
- Jefferson Elementary School (395; K-5)
- Charles H. Stillman Elementary School (280; K-5)
- Washington Community School (585; PreK-5)
- Woodland Elementary School (252; K-5)
- Middle schools
- Hubbard Middle School (324; 6-8)
- Maxson Middle School (314; 6-8)
- High schools / academies
- Plainfield High School (1,367; 9-12)
- Barack Obama Academy for Academic & Civic Development (79; 9-12)
- Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies (237; 7-10, to be expanded to 7-12)
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
- Anna Belin-Pyles, Superintendent of Schools
- Gary L. Ottmann, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
External links
- Plainfield Public School District
- Plainfield Public School District's 2015â€"16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Plainfield Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics
