Union County TEAMS Charter School

Set in PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, Union County TEAMS Charter School is a minimally staffed combined-grade school, part of Union County TEAMS Charter School-High School/College LA. It educates 304 students across grades K through 12. That puts it 67% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 934 students.

Operationally, Union County TEAMS Charter School answers to Union County TEAMS Charter School-High School/College LA, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Union County TEAMS Charter School logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest comes out to 36% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 38.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 76% of students at Union County TEAMS Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Union County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Union County TEAMS Charter School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.6%; this one delivers 22.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Union County shows median household income runs about $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Union County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), of which Union County TEAMS Charter School is one.

Cresthaven Academy Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Union County TEAMS Charter School. On composite proficiency, Union County TEAMS Charter School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 20.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area. Union County TEAMS Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 387 students in 2018 compared to 304 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 38.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.