The Plainfield Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from Plainfield

Plainfield, New Jersey

Plainfield is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population increased to a record high of 49,808....

, in Union County

Union County, New Jersey

Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 536,499. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Elizabeth. Union County ranks 93rd among the highest-income counties in the United States. It also ranks 74th in...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States. The district is one of 31 Abbott District

Abbott District

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s statewide.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 14 schools had an enrollment of 6,460 students and 564.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 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 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:

Elementary Schools (grades K-6)

• Barlow Elementary School - 291 students
• Cook Elementary School - 242 students
• Emerson Community School - 423 students
• Evergreen Elementary School - 416 students
• Jefferson Elementary School - 287 students
• Stillman Elementary School - 242 students
• Washington Community School - 472 students (including pre-K)
• Woodland Elementary School - 210 students

Grades K-8 Centers

• Cedarbrook Elementary School - 482 students
• Clinton Elementary School - 328 students (including pre-K)

Middle Schools (grades 7-8)

• Hubbard Middle School - 598 students
• Maxson Middle School - 718 students

High School / Academies

• Plainfield High School
  Plainfield High School (New Jersey)
  Plainfield High School is a comprehensive community four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Plainfield, in Union County, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Plainfield Public School District, one of New Jersey's 31 Abbott Districts...
  
   - 1,778 students (9-12)
• Barack Obama Academy for Academic & Civic Development - 52 students (10-12)
• Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies (7-12)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Anna Belin-Pyles, Interim Superintendent of Schools
• Gary L. Ottmann, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

School Principals

• Aurora J. Hill (Acting), Barlow
• Janet R. Grooms, Emerson
• Dr. Wilson Aponte, Evergreen
• Scot R. Burkholder, Jefferson
• Mark Williams, Stillman
• Kwame Asante, Washington
• Shirley Johnson-Tucker, Woodland

Intermediate Schools

• Gwynetta Y. Joe, Hubbard
• Dr. Anthony Jenkins, Maxson
• Angela Bento (Vice Principal), Plainfield Academy for the Arts & Advanced Studies (PAAAS)

High Schools

• Dr. Brian Bilal, Plainfield High School
• Kevin Stansbury (Administrator), Barack Obama Academy for Academic & Civic Development (BOAACD)

External links

• Plainfield Public School District
• Data for the Plainfield Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
  The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...