Somerset School

Somerset School is a cozy middle school in North Plainfield, New Jersey, run under North Plainfield School District. The school hosts 485 students in grades 5 through 6.

North Plainfield School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,487 students; Somerset School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Somerset School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 16% Black, 5% White. By comparison, Somerset County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Somerset School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.4:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 82% of students at Somerset School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Somerset County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Somerset School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Somerset County) shows that median household earnings sit near $140,374, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Somerset School is one of 84 public schools in Somerset County (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students).

The closest other public school is The Barack Obama Green Charter School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Somerset School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 21.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Somerset School has decreased 7%, going from 522 students in 2018 to 485 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 69% to 75%.

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