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North Plainfield High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
34 Wilson Avenue
North Plainfield, NJ 07060
Phone
(908) 769-6000
District
North Plainfield School District
County
SOMERSET COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1199
Classroom Teachers
101

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

3

(10 is best)

Better than 24.1% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

North Plainfield High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
35%
44%
40%
50%
31%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 278 23.2%
Grade 10 292 24.4%
Grade 11 309 25.8%
Grade 12 320 26.7%
Total 1199 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 7.4% 7.4% 40.1%
Black 17.0% 16.4% 15.1%
Hispanic 73.0% 73.5% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.2% 2.4% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 70.4% 73.4% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 56.6% 59.4% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 13.8% 13.9% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 22,667 9,290,841
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 8,073.9 1,259
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.6% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.4% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.4% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 10.1% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,988 3,478,355
Single Parent Households With Children 6.6% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 83.8% 90.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 25.3% 42.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 19.8% 32.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.0% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.9% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.6% 12.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.1% 10.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.9% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 6.8% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,259 $49,070,000 54.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,616 $9,682,000 10.7%
Staff $959 $3,548,000 3.9%
General Administration $417 $1,543,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,127 $4,170,000 4.6%
Operation $1,908 $7,061,000 7.8%
Transportation $216 $799,000 0.9%
Other $225 $833,000 0.9%
Total Support $7,467 $27,636,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,676 $13,605,000 15.1%
Total Expenditures $24,402 $90,311,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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