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North Plainfield School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
North Plainfield School District runs 6 public schools with 3,704 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.3 students per teacher is about the same as the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 3,704
- Teachers (FTE)
- 327
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 33 Mountain Avenue, North Plainfield, NJ 07060
- Phone
- (908)769-6060
- County
- Somerset County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3411640
- State district ID
- NJ-353670
- Total staff (FTE)
- 561
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 247 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 17.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.3
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,453), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $82.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.6 million
- State revenue
- $45.8 million
- Local revenue
- $33.1 million
- Total spending
- $79.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,910
- Salaries
- $38.8 million49.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.3%
- State: 55.6%
- Local: 40.1%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,910
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in North Plainfield School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| East End School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 451 | 10.0 |
| North Plainfield High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,141 | 11.4 |
| North Plainfield Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 538 | 10.3 |
| Somerset School | Middle | 5 to 6 | 485 | 9.5 |
| Stony Brook School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 272 | 9.7 |
| West End School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 600 | 11.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Somerset County
- Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District 7,864 students
- Franklin Township Public School District 7,294 students
- Hillsborough Township Public School District 7,246 students
- Bernards Township School District 4,673 students
- Montgomery Township School District 4,433 students
- Somerville Public School District 2,173 students
- Bound Brook School District 2,070 students
- Manville School District 1,761 students
- Watchung Hills Regional High School District 1,686 students
- Warren Township School District 1,671 students
- Somerset Hills Regional School District 1,631 students
- Branchburg Township School District 1,396 students
- Central Jersey College Prep Charter School 1,396 students
- Green Brook Township Public School District 711 students
- Watchung Borough School District 672 students
More in New Jersey
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.