North Plainfield School District
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| North Plainfield School District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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33 Mountain Avenue
, New Jersey, 07060United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°37′34″N 74°25′57″W / 40.626241°N 74.43251°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK–12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Michelle Aquino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Donald Sternberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 3,342 (as of 2018–19)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 304.0 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 11.0:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | DE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | District website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The North Plainfield School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from North Plainfield in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district also houses a comprehensive Adult High School and an Adult Community School which offers educational programs for North Plainfield and neighboring community residents.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 3,342 students and 304.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-highest 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.[3]
Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5][6][7][8][9]
- Elementary schools
- East End Elementary School[10] (423 students; in grades PreK–4)
- Stony Brook Elementary School[11] (253; PreK–4)
- West End Elementary School[12] (488; K–4)
- Middle school
- Somerset Intermediate School[13] (516; 5–6)
- Middle / High school
- North Plainfield Middle School[14] (544; 7–8)
- North Plainfield High School[15] (1,052; 9–12) is certified by the New Jersey Department of Education and accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, offers a comprehensive program of studies to its 7–12 enrollment.