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Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies High School
1700 West Front St
Plainfield NJ, 07063, Union County
Phone: 908-731-4421
Ranking: 
(1,432 out of 1,847, bottom 22%)*
(1,432 out of 1,847, bottom 22%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12
School District: Plainfield City School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | ||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 41 | 32 | 25 | 17 | 11 | |||||
| Total Students: | 374 | 318 | 237 | 160 | 82 | |||||
| Grade 7: | 55 | 14.7% | 68 | 21.4% | 67 | 28.3% | 61 | 38.1% | 52 | 63.4% |
| Grade 8: | 78 | 20.9% | 83 | 26.1% | 63 | 26.6% | 52 | 32.5% | 27 | 32.9% |
| Grade 9: | 89 | 23.8% | 73 | 23.0% | 62 | 26.2% | 47 | 29.4% | NA | NA |
| Grade 10: | 63 | 16.8% | 58 | 18.2% | 43 | 18.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 11: | 52 | 13.9% | 36 | 11.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 12: | 34 | 9.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Ungraded: | 3 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.8% | NA | NA | 3 | 3.7% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||
| Male: | 146 | 39.0% | 136 | 42.8% | 95 | 40.1% | 65 | 40.6% | 33 | 40.2% |
| Female: | 228 | 61.0% | 182 | 57.2% | 142 | 59.9% | 95 | 59.4% | 49 | 59.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 156 | 41.7% | 138 | 43.4% | 96 | 40.5% | 63 | 39.4% | 27 | 32.9% |
| Black: | 206 | 55.1% | 171 | 53.8% | 137 | 57.8% | 94 | 58.8% | 53 | 64.6% |
| White: | 10 | 2.7% | 8 | 2.5% | 4 | 1.7% | 3 | 1.9% | 1 | 1.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Two or More Races: | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.2% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 229 | 61.2% | 169 | 53.1% | 133 | 56.1% | 93 | 58.1% | 52 | 63.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 35 | 9.4% | 42 | 13.2% | 34 | 14.3% | 19 | 11.9% | 9 | 11.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 9.23 | 9.94 | 9.46 | 9.41 | 7.45 | |||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ASK | ||||||
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 50.8% | 28.9% | 63.3% |
| 2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 56.0% | 28.0% | 61.0% |
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 47.0% | 32.1% | 65.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 52.5% | 34.0% | 65.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 42.4% | 29.5% | 63.2% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 47.0% | 32.7% | 63.5% |
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 80.8% | 64.1% | 82.1% |
| 2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 81.0% | 55.4% | 82.2% |
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 81.9% | 59.7% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 61.5% | 37.4% | 71.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 52.4% | 31.7% | 71.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 37.3% | 30.9% | 69.3% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 59.6% | 56.8% | 81.2% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 77.7% | 52.6% | 81.9% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 72.2% | 44.9% | 79.0% |
| HSPA | ||||||
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 97.1% | 77.6% | 91.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 55.9% | 48.6% | 79.7% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies High School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.