Riley Preschool Annex

Set in SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, Riley Preschool Annex is a tiny elementary school, operated by South Plainfield School District. It works with 145 students across grade pre-K. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Riley Preschool Annex sits 64% below that benchmark.

South Plainfield School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,767 students; Riley Preschool Annex is among them.

On the student-mix side, Riley Preschool Annex lists that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 35% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Riley Preschool Annex has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Riley Preschool Annex tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 19% of students at Riley Preschool Annex qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Middlesex County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) reports that median household earnings sit near $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Riley Preschool Annex is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).

John E. Riley Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

On this page, members of the Riley Preschool Annex community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.