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Black student results in Plainfield Public School District

Across 8 schools in Plainfield Public School District, 19.3% of Black students meet proficient. That is 5.6 points below the New Jersey average for Black students.

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28.7%
All students
19.3%
Black
29.3%
Hispanic

Average across the 8 schools in Plainfield Public School District with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 6 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Frederic W. Cook Elementary School reports 54.3% of Black students meeting the standard. Emerson Community School, in the same district, reports 6.6%. That is a 47.7-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Plainfield Public School District

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Frederic W. Cook Elementary School 55.7% 54.3% 57.7%
Cedarbrook Elementary School 25% 34.3% 24.3%
Clinton Elementary School 22.6% 30% 22.6%
Maxson Middle School 16.9% 20.5% 16.6%
Hubbard Middle School 17.7% 7.8% 17%
Emerson Community School 39.7% 6.6% 39.5%
Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies 36.8% 0.5% 41.4%
Charles And Anna Booker Elementary School 15% 0.1% 14.9%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. New Jersey suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 756 of New Jersey's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, New Jersey figures should not be compared against another state's.

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