Clinton Elementary School

Located at WEST 4TH ST AND CLINTON AVE, in PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, Clinton Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community that instructs 386 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Plainfield Public School District.

Clinton Elementary School is one of 15 schools operated by Plainfield Public School District, a district that enrolls 8,522 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clinton Elementary School lists that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 16% Black. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Clinton Elementary School shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Clinton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.2%; this one delivers 18.7%.

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 the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Clinton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Arbor Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clinton Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Clinton Elementary School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 30.1%.

Clinton Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Clinton Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 391 (now 386). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 63% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.