Total enrollment
5,673
+319 (+6%) vs SY 2020-21
8 schools in Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
New Jersey · 5,673 students · 1 city
Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District runs 8 public K-12 schools per the latest NCES data, with combined enrollment near 5,673 and an average school size of 709.
4-year change in Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
8
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In New Jersey | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #52 of 243 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 5,673 | #57 of 372 | #1,694 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 8 | #79 of 372 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #298 of 370 | #2,262 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 4.7% | #322 of 369 | #8,078 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #135 of 298 | #1,737 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
State test results across the district's 8 scored schools run from Howard B. Brunner Elementary School at 76.2% proficient to Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School at 53.3%, a gap of 22.9 points. That is the 66th widest gap among 186 New Jersey districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 8 district schools that reported both years went from 5,507 to 5,673 students (up 3%) and from 439 to 467 full-time teachers (up 6%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School | Scotch Plains | High | 09-12 | 1,562 |
| Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School | Scotch Plains | Middle | 05-08 | 913 |
| Terrill Middle School | Scotch Plains | Middle | 05-08 | 822 |
| William J. McGinn Elementary School | Scotch Plains | Elementary | KG-04 | 543 |
| J. Ackerman Coles Elementary School | Scotch Plains | Elementary | PK-04 | 526 |
| Evergreen Elementary School | Scotch Plains | Elementary | PK-04 | 449 |
| Howard B. Brunner Elementary School | Scotch Plains | Elementary | PK-04 | 434 |
| School One Elementary | Scotch Plains | Elementary | PK-04 | 424 |
About Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
Across 8 schools, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District hosts about 5,673 students in New Jersey. By footprint it is a small district.
In terms of grade levels, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District is made up of 5 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high school.
On a per-school basis, Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District runs about 709 students per school, 31% noticeably above the state mean of roughly 540.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment increased 6%: 5,354 students in SY 2020-21 versus 5,673 in SY 2024-25.
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