Enrollment
304
Combined
STATE 934
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY TEAMS CHARTER SCHOOL-HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE LA·NCES 340008300573
Union County TEAMS Charter School
515 517 WEST FOURTH STREET, PLAINFIELD, NJ 07060 · (908) 754-9043 · Union County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
38.0:1
8 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
231 students
STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 16 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 21 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 38% smaller than its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
37.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
16.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 15.3% |
% 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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
304
-96 (-24%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 251
Student : Teacher
38.0:1
was 26.7:1
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 | 304 | 8 | 38.0:1 | 76% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 9 | 36.2:1 | 72% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 10 | 33.4:1 | 78% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 15 | 26.7:1 | 71% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 387 | 19 | 20.4:1 | 71% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 27 | 14.1:1 | 72% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 251 | 19 | 13.2:1 | 56% (140) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union County TEAMS Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (387 to 304); teachers down 58% (19 to 8).
About Union County TEAMS Charter School
Families in PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, are served by Union County TEAMS Charter School, a very small school serving multiple grade levels. It is open to students in kindergarten through 12 and enrolls 304 students. It has 67% fewer students than the average for combined schools in New Jersey (about 934).
Union County TEAMS Charter School belongs to Union County TEAMS Charter School-High School/College LA.
The share of Black students at Union County TEAMS Charter School is 61%, a majority. The remaining students are 36% Hispanic. Census figures show Union County is about 20% Black. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at Union County TEAMS Charter School are from different groups.
Union County TEAMS Charter School lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 38.0 students per teacher. Across combined schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 76% of the student body. Compared with the 52% average for public schools in Union County, the school's rate is higher.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Union County TEAMS Charter School would score about 24.6%. It scores 22.6%, 2.0 points below that figure.
The school's county is Union County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $103,202 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Union County TEAMS Charter School shares Union County with 179 other public schools.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Cresthaven Academy Charter School, is the closest to Union County TEAMS Charter School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Union County TEAMS Charter School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists Union County TEAMS Charter School as a charter school.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 24%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 26.7:1 to 38.0:1 over the same years.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PLAINFIELD
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- College Achieve Central Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Charles and Anna Booker Elementary SchoolElementary · 816 students
- Hubbard Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- Maxson Middle SchoolMiddle · 721 students
- Cedarbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
Nearby schools
- Cresthaven Academy Charter School0.2 mi · 621
- Charles H. Stillman Elementary School0.3 mi · 317
- Hubbard Middle School0.4 mi · 737
- Washington Community School0.4 mi · 557
- The Queen City Academy Charter School0.6 mi · 378
- The Barack Obama Green Charter School0.6 mi · 358
Frequently asked questions
About Union County TEAMS Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Union County TEAMS Charter School?
Union County TEAMS Charter School enrolls approximately 304 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does Union County TEAMS Charter School serve?
Union County TEAMS Charter School serves grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Union County TEAMS Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Union County TEAMS Charter School is approximately 38.0:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Union County TEAMS Charter School?
At Union County TEAMS Charter School, the student body is approximately 36% Hispanic, 61% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Union County TEAMS Charter School?
Union County TEAMS Charter School is overseen by Union County TEAMS Charter School-High School/College LA in Union County.
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