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What's one thing Evergreen Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341314005620
Evergreen Elementary School
1033 EVERGREEN AVE, PLAINFIELD, NJ 07060 · (908) 731-4260 · Union County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
8.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
299 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
12.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
20.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.1% | 20.2% |
| 2023-24 | 16.8% | 17.2% |
% 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
14.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Evergreen Elementary School
Evergreen Elementary School's state test result (14.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Elementary School this school | 398 | 75.1% | 14.6% |
| School 8 PATERSON | 411 | 78.3% | 11.8% |
| Jackson Avenue HACKENSACK | 438 | 79.7% | 40.7% |
| East Dover Elementary School DOVER | 411 | 71.8% | 33.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary School PLAINFIELD | 383 | 82.5% | 19.2% |
| Brilla New Jersey Charter School PATERSON | 362 | 81.5% | 11.1% |
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 Evergreen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #1,207 of 1,290 | #89 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #1,148 of 1,319 no change | #76 of 93 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #1,291 of 1,319 ▼ 42 | #92 of 93 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #706 of 1,562 | #57 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #85 of 1,390 | #1 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #1,290 of 1,392 | #95 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #284 of 1,481 | #42 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.6% | #66 of 798 | #1 of 58 |
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
398
-265 (-40%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 398 | 46.5 | 8.6:1 | 75% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 37.5 | 11.3:1 | 77% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 38.5 | 15.6:1 | 87% (524) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 81% (535) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 38 | 14.5:1 | 91% (499) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 40 | 16.7:1 | 87% (579) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 86% (476) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 73% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 29 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Evergreen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (550 to 398); teachers up 22% (38 to 46.5).
About Evergreen Elementary School
Evergreen Elementary School sits in PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 398 students in kindergarten through 5.
Evergreen Elementary School belongs to Plainfield Public School District, a district of 15 schools and 8,522 students.
Evergreen Elementary School's enrollment is 88% Hispanic. It is also 9% Black and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Union County is roughly 35% Hispanic. Evergreen Elementary School's diversity index is 22%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Evergreen Elementary School and a ratio of 8.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 75% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Union County average 52%.
The allk12 Grade for Evergreen Elementary School is F. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 4% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Evergreen Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 14.6% actual against 25.0% predicted.
Census estimates describe Union County this way: the median household income is $103,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Evergreen Elementary School, Union County has 179 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Plainfield High School, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Evergreen Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Evergreen Elementary School declined 40% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 663 to 398 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.2:1 to 8.6:1 over the same years.
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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 Public School District
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Charles and Anna Booker Elementary SchoolElementary · 816 students
- Hubbard Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Maxson Middle SchoolMiddle · 721 students
- Cedarbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Washington Community SchoolElementary · 557 students
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
Other Evergreen Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 13 states are named Evergreen Elementary. Evergreen Elementary School is the 18th largest of the 30.
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolSCOTCH PLAINS, NJ · 449 students
- Evergreen ElementaryMidlothian, VA · 797 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolCalifornia, MD · 715 students
- Evergreen ElementaryDiamond Bar, CA · 709 students
- Evergreen ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 660 students
Nearby schools
- Plainfield High School0.2 mi · 2,077
- Charles H. Stillman Elementary School0.6 mi · 317
- Cedarbrook Elementary School0.6 mi · 671
- Cresthaven Academy Charter School0.7 mi · 621
- Union County TEAMS Charter School0.8 mi · 304
- Hubbard Middle School0.8 mi · 737
Frequently asked questions
About Evergreen Elementary SchoolHow large is Evergreen Elementary School?
Evergreen Elementary School enrolls approximately 398 students in grades KG-05.
Is Evergreen Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Evergreen Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Evergreen Elementary School?
Approximately 8.6:1 students per teacher at Evergreen Elementary School.
How diverse is Evergreen Elementary School?
Evergreen Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 88% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Evergreen Elementary School?
Evergreen Elementary School is overseen by Plainfield Public School District in Union County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.