Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341314005626
Charles H. Stillman Elementary School
201 W FOURTH ST, PLAINFIELD, NJ 07062 · (908) 731-4240 · Union County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
277 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 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
19%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
16.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
19.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.4% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 16.5% | 21.5% |
% 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
16.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 H. Stillman Elementary School
Charles H. Stillman Elementary School's state test result (16.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles H. Stillman Elementary School this school | 317 | 87.4% | 16.2% |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 52 ELIZABETH | 301 | 83.7% | N/A |
| Gershom Mott Elementary School TRENTON | 375 | 87.5% | 17.4% |
| Franklin Elementary School TRENTON | 372 | 86.8% | 16.4% |
| Clifton Ave Grade School LAKEWOOD | 331 | 91.8% | 26.1% |
| Roberto Clemente PATERSON | 254 | 85.0% | 19.3% |
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 H. Stillman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #1,183 of 1,290 | #87 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #1,166 of 1,319 ▼ 97 | #82 of 93 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #1,264 of 1,319 ▼ 13 | #91 of 93 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #1,039 of 1,562 | #79 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #717 of 1,390 | #29 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #1,308 of 1,392 | #100 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #91 of 1,481 | #12 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #467 of 545 | #34 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
317
-101 (-24%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 274
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 317 | 27.8 | 11.4:1 | 87% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 21.8 | 15.2:1 | 89% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 24.8 | 14.3:1 | 94% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 89% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 94% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 317 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 93% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 273 | 23 | 11.9:1 | 84% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 239 | 20 | 11.9:1 | 95% (228) |
| 1990-91 | 274 | 14 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles H. Stillman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (310 to 317); teachers up 26% (22 to 27.8).
About Charles H. Stillman Elementary School
Charles H. Stillman Elementary School is a small elementary school in PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, one of the schools in Plainfield Public School District. Its 317 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 22% smaller than the 405 average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Plainfield Public School District has 8,522 students in 15 schools, and Charles H. Stillman Elementary School is one of those schools.
The large majority of students at Charles H. Stillman Elementary School, 89%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 10% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 54 points above the 35% share among Union County residents. By the diversity index, Charles H. Stillman Elementary School comes in at 19%.
Teachers at the school number 27.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.4:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 11.4:1. Roughly 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Union County, the average is 52%.
The allk12 Grade for Charles H. Stillman Elementary School is D. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 13% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Charles H. Stillman Elementary School scores 16.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 18.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Union County, median household income is about $103,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Union County number 180 and enroll about 99,046.
Union County TEAMS Charter School is located about 0.3 miles from Charles H. Stillman Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 17.6% proficiency; Charles H. Stillman Elementary School posts 16.2%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Charles H. Stillman Elementary School went from 418 students to 317. Students per teacher fell from 16.1 in 2020-21 to 11.4 in 2024-25.
The Charles H. Stillman Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Charles and Anna Booker Elementary SchoolElementary · 816 students
- Hubbard Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Maxson Middle SchoolMiddle · 721 students
- Cedarbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Washington Community SchoolElementary · 557 students
Other schools in PLAINFIELD
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- College Achieve Central Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Charles and Anna Booker Elementary SchoolElementary · 816 students
- Hubbard Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Maxson Middle SchoolMiddle · 721 students
- Cedarbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
Nearby schools
- Union County TEAMS Charter School0.3 mi · 304
- The Barack Obama Green Charter School0.4 mi · 358
- Cresthaven Academy Charter School0.4 mi · 621
- Plainfield High School0.5 mi · 2,077
- Evergreen Elementary School0.6 mi · 398
- Somerset School0.6 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About Charles H. Stillman Elementary SchoolHow large is Charles H. Stillman Elementary School?
Charles H. Stillman Elementary School enrolls approximately 317 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Charles H. Stillman Elementary School serve?
Charles H. Stillman Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Charles H. Stillman Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Charles H. Stillman Elementary School is approximately 11.4:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Charles H. Stillman Elementary School?
At Charles H. Stillman Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 89% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Charles H. Stillman Elementary School public or private?
Charles H. Stillman Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Plainfield Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.