Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School

Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School is one of the sizable elementary schools in PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, one of the schools within Plainfield Public School District, with 816 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 101% larger than the state mean of about 405.

Plainfield Public School District comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 8,522 students; Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). The remainder reads as 8% Black. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Union County) logs that median household income runs about $103,202, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Nearest neighbor: Maxson Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 24.5%.

Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School's enrollment has rose 283% since 2018, when it stood at 213 (now 816). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 61% to 89% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 in 2025.

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