Enrollment
816
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341314005630
Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School
730 CENTRAL STREET, PLAINFIELD, NJ 07062 · (908) 731-4290 · Union County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL816 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
701 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 158 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (158) is 44% larger than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
11.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
18.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.7% | 18.3% |
| 2023-24 | 10.3% | 10.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
10.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School
Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School's state test result (10.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School this school | 816 | 85.9% | 10.7% |
| Elliott Street Elementary School NEWARK | 880 | 87.5% | 22.0% |
| Roberto Clemente Elementary School NEWARK | 742 | 86.7% | 21.2% |
| Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 ELIZABETH | 765 | 89.7% | 21.6% |
| John P. Holland Charter School Woodland | 787 | 86.0% | 34.9% |
| Abington Avenue School NEWARK | 842 | 89.4% | 24.1% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #1,246 of 1,290 | #92 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #1,172 of 1,319 ▲ 70 | #84 of 93 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #1,294 of 1,319 ▼ 4 | #93 of 93 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 816 | #49 of 1,562 | #5 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #1,388 of 1,390 | #103 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #1,305 of 1,392 | #98 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.9% | #116 of 1,481 | #16 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +283.1% | #1 of 545 | #1 of 42 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
816
+603 (+283%) vs 2017
+166% since 1990-91, when it was 307
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 12.2:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
89%
was 61%
% Black
8%
was 35%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 816 | 34 | 24.0:1 | 86% (701) |
| 2023-24 | 761 | 4 | 190.3:1 | 77% (588) |
| 2017-18 | 213 | 17.5 | 12.2:1 | 82% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 272 | 21 | 12.9:1 | 76% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 266 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 76% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 22 | 13.1:1 | 75% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 307 | 17 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 283% (213 to 816); teachers up 94% (17.5 to 34).
About Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School
Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in PLAINFIELD, New Jersey. It serves 816 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students.
In Plainfield Public School District, 15 schools enroll a combined 8,522 students.
Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School's enrollment is 89% Hispanic. Next come 8% Black. The county population is about 35% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 20%, meaning two students picked at random have a 20% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 24.0:1, with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 12.6 students per teacher above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 86%. Among public schools in Union County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.
Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School scores 10.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 19.1%.
Census Bureau estimates for Union County show that the median household income is $103,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School is one of 180 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Maxson Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 24.5%; Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School's is 10.7%, ranking 7th of 8.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Reported enrollment: 213 (2017-18) and 816 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Over the same years, the Hispanic share increased from 61% to 89%. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.2 to 24.0 over 7 years.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plainfield Public School District
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Hubbard Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Maxson Middle SchoolMiddle · 721 students
- Cedarbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Washington Community SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
Other schools in PLAINFIELD
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- College Achieve Central Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Hubbard Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Maxson Middle SchoolMiddle · 721 students
- Cedarbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Cresthaven Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Maxson Middle School0.1 mi · 721
- Frederic W. Cook Elementary School0.5 mi · 198
- Pinnacle Academy High School0.6 mi · 67
- College Achieve Central Charter School0.6 mi · 1,572
- Emerson Community School0.7 mi · 414
- Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary School0.7 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Charles and Anna Booker Elementary SchoolHow large is Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School?
Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School enrolls approximately 816 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School serve?
Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School.
How diverse is Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School?
Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School in?
Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School is part of Plainfield Public School District.
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