Charles H. Stillman Elementary School

Charles H. Stillman Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary-level community in PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, part of Plainfield Public School District. The school enrolls 317 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% below the state mean of about 405.

Within Plainfield Public School District, which oversees 15 schools and 8,522 students, Charles H. Stillman Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Charles H. Stillman Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%); the rest breaks down as 10% Black. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 87% of students at Charles H. Stillman Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Union County's rate of about 52%.

With demographic context factored in, Charles H. Stillman Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.3%, the actual is 16.2%, a residual of -2.1 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Union County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), of which Charles H. Stillman Elementary School is one.

Union County TEAMS Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Charles H. Stillman Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 17.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Charles H. Stillman Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 310 (now 317). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.