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Enrollment
1,141
High
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH PLAINFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341164005258
North Plainfield High School
34 Wilson Avenue, North Plainfield, NJ 07060 · (908) 769-6000 · Somerset County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,141 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of New Jersey public high 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.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
100 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
864 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 256 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 278 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 288 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 319 | 28% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within North Plainfield School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
14.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -16.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 17 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.9% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.6% | 31.2% |
% 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
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 North Plainfield High School
North Plainfield High School's state test result (24.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Plainfield High School this school | 1,141 | 75.7% | 24.2% |
| Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy Elizabeth | 1,144 | 80.5% | 25.9% |
| Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy Elizabeth | 1,272 | 81.4% | 12.2% |
| Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy ELIZABETH | 1,268 | 76.8% | 62.6% |
| John E. Dwyer Technology Academy Elizabeth | 1,348 | 82.0% | 12.6% |
| K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy Elizabeth | 740 | 77.8% | 28.2% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 North Plainfield High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #299 of 397 | #10 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #293 of 400 ▼ 108 | #10 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #278 of 395 ▲ 28 | #10 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,141 | #141 of 442 | #7 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #139 of 388 | #6 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #283 of 389 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.7% | #42 of 405 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #61 of 173 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,141
0 (0%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 1,068
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 1,141 | 100 | 11.4:1 | 76% (864) |
| 2023-24 | 1,199 | 101 | 11.9:1 | 70% (844) |
| 2022-23 | 1,214 | 99 | 12.3:1 | 62% (749) |
| 2020-21 | 1,141 | 99 | 11.5:1 | 62% (706) |
| 2017-18 | 1,000 | 93.5 | 10.7:1 | 63% (633) |
| 2015-16 | 993 | 92 | 10.8:1 | 64% (636) |
| 2010-11 | 1,501 | 114 | 13.2:1 | 52% (779) |
| 2000-01 | 1,330 | 114 | 11.7:1 | 27% (358) |
| 1990-91 | 1,068 | 87 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Plainfield High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (1,000 to 1,141); teachers up 7% (93.5 to 100).
About North Plainfield High School
In North Plainfield, New Jersey, North Plainfield High School is a mid-sized high school. Enrollment totals 1,141 students across grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in New Jersey enroll around 929, and this school is 23% larger than that mark.
A total of 6 schools make up North Plainfield School District, with 3,487 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show North Plainfield High School is 73% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 17% Black, 8% White, and 2% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 55 points above the 18% share among Somerset County residents. A diversity index of 44% means there is a 44% chance two randomly chosen students at North Plainfield High School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at North Plainfield High School totals 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.4:1. Compared with the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 76% of students (864) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Somerset County, the average is 28%.
On the allk12 Grade, North Plainfield High School lands at C+, ahead of 44% of New Jersey public high schools.
North Plainfield High School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (24.2% versus 24.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
In Somerset County, home to about 349,846 people, median household income comes to about $140,374, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 84 public schools in the county, enrolling about 51,276, North Plainfield High School among them.
Stony Brook School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, North Plainfield High School places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for North Plainfield High School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 1,141 in 2020-21 and 1,141 in 2024-25.
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Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Plainfield School District
- West End SchoolElementary · 600 students
- North Plainfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 538 students
- Somerset SchoolMiddle · 485 students
- East End SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Stony Brook SchoolElementary · 272 students
Other schools in North Plainfield
- West End SchoolElementary · 600 students
- North Plainfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 538 students
- Somerset SchoolMiddle · 485 students
- East End SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Stony Brook SchoolElementary · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Stony Brook School0.1 mi · 272
- North Plainfield Middle School0.1 mi · 538
- Somerset School0.6 mi · 485
- West End School0.8 mi · 600
- The Barack Obama Green Charter School0.9 mi · 358
- East End School1.1 mi · 451
Frequently asked questions
About North Plainfield High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at North Plainfield High School?
North Plainfield High School enrolls approximately 1,141 students in grades 09-12.
Is North Plainfield High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
North Plainfield High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at North Plainfield High School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at North Plainfield High School.
How diverse is North Plainfield High School?
North Plainfield High School reports a student body of 8% White, 73% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees North Plainfield High School?
North Plainfield High School is overseen by North Plainfield School District in Somerset County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.