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Enrollment
621
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRESTHAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340078603385
Cresthaven Academy Charter School
530 West 7th Street, Plainfield, NJ 07060 · (908) 756-1234 · Union County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
21.4:1
29 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
512 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 42% larger than its 8th grade class (53).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
40.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
22.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.1% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 16.7% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Cresthaven Academy Charter School
Cresthaven Academy Charter School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cresthaven Academy Charter School this school | 621 | 82.4% | 27.4% |
| Rafael Hernandez School NEWARK | 713 | 82.9% | 11.5% |
| Elmora School No. 12 ELIZABETH | 658 | 81.3% | 31.9% |
| Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson Paterson | 683 | 78.3% | 30.6% |
| Park Elementary School Newark | 747 | 82.7% | 39.7% |
| Lindenwold School Four LINDENWOLD | 657 | 88.9% | 13.8% |
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 Cresthaven Academy Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #1,014 of 1,290 | #63 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #1,114 of 1,319 ▲ 38 | #69 of 93 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #931 of 1,319 ▼ 198 | #58 of 93 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #195 of 1,562 | #26 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,384 of 1,390 | #102 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.5% | #1,218 of 1,392 | #88 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #183 of 1,481 | #30 of 105 |
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
621
+232 (+60%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 621 | 29 | 21.4:1 | 82% (512) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 28 | 21.6:1 | 48% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 59% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 34 | 11.4:1 | 52% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 155 | 17 | 9.1:1 | 87% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cresthaven Academy Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 301% (155 to 621); teachers up 71% (17 to 29).
About Cresthaven Academy Charter School
Cresthaven Academy Charter School is a large elementary school in Plainfield, New Jersey, administered by Cresthaven Academy Charter School. Its enrollment is 621 students, spread over kindergarten through 8. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 405.
Cresthaven Academy Charter School is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
The share of students at Cresthaven Academy Charter School who are Hispanic is 82%. The remaining students are 16% Black. Among people living in Union County, the Hispanic share is about 35%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
Cresthaven Academy Charter School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 21.4:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 82% at Cresthaven Academy Charter School. That is higher than the 52% average for public schools in Union County.
Cresthaven Academy Charter School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 21.0% for Cresthaven Academy Charter School. The school posts 27.4%, 6.4 points above the prediction.
For Union County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $103,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 180 public schools in the county, enrolling about 99,046, Cresthaven Academy Charter School among them.
Union County TEAMS Charter School sits about 0.2 miles from Cresthaven Academy Charter School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Cresthaven Academy Charter School comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large. Charter status: Cresthaven Academy Charter School is a public charter school.
Federal counts for Cresthaven Academy Charter School: 389 students in 2020-21, 621 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 11.4:1 to 21.4:1.
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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
- 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 School0.2 mi · 304
- Hubbard Middle School0.3 mi · 737
- Washington Community School0.4 mi · 557
- Charles H. Stillman Elementary School0.4 mi · 317
- The Queen City Academy Charter School0.5 mi · 378
- Plainfield High School0.6 mi · 2,077
Frequently asked questions
About Cresthaven Academy Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cresthaven Academy Charter School?
Cresthaven Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 621 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Cresthaven Academy Charter School serve?
Cresthaven Academy Charter School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cresthaven Academy Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cresthaven Academy Charter School is approximately 21.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cresthaven Academy Charter School?
Cresthaven Academy Charter School reports a student body of 1% White, 82% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Cresthaven Academy Charter School public or private?
Cresthaven Academy Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Cresthaven Academy Charter School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.