College Achieve Central Charter School

College Achieve Central Charter School is one of the big K-12 campuss in Plainfield, New Jersey, operated by College Achieve Central Charter School, with 1,572 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. That puts it 68% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 934 students.

College Achieve Central Charter School sits inside College Achieve Central Charter School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, College Achieve Central Charter School reports that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Black. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, College Achieve Central Charter School has 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Union County's rate of about 52%.

After controlling for student poverty, College Achieve Central Charter School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 20.0%; College Achieve Central Charter School posts 38.3%, +18.4 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Union County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,202 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. College Achieve Central Charter School is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Emerson Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), College Achieve Central Charter School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 29.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site. College Achieve Central Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at College Achieve Central Charter School has increased 93%, going from 816 students in 2018 to 1,572 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 72% to 81%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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