Frederic W. Cook Elementary School

Set in PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, Frederic W. Cook Elementary School is a compact elementary-level community, one of the schools within Plainfield Public School District. It instructs 198 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 51% below typical.

Frederic W. Cook Elementary School is one of 15 schools operated by Plainfield Public School District, a district that hosts 8,522 students overall.

On demographics, Frederic W. Cook Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 40% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 20% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Frederic W. Cook Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 49% of students at Frederic W. Cook Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Frederic W. Cook Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.1%; this one delivers 43.3%.

In the area at large, Union County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,202 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Frederic W. Cook Elementary School is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Nearest neighbor: Maxson Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Frederic W. Cook Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 35.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Frederic W. Cook Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 203 (now 198). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 64% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 today.

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