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Charles And Anna Booker Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
730 Central Street
Plainfield, NJ 07062
Phone
(908) 731-4290
District
Plainfield Public School District
County
UNION COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
761
Classroom Teachers
4

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

1

(10 is best)

Better than 4.0% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Charles And Anna Booker Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

50 40 30 20 10 0
10%
43%
5%
41%
14%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
10%
47%
10%
50%
9%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
11%
45%
15%
52%
7%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
190
17
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 0 0.0%
Kindergarten 134 17.6%
Grade 1 121 15.9%
Grade 2 126 16.6%
Grade 3 141 18.5%
Grade 4 115 15.1%
Grade 5 124 16.3%
Total 761 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 0.8% 1.0% 40.1%
Black 7.8% 16.4% 15.1%
Hispanic 90.9% 81.9% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.4% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 77.3% 79.1% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 68.6% 69.4% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.7% 9.8% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 54,515 9,290,841
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 9,147.9 1,259
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.8% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.2% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.2% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.5% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 10.3% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 16,252 3,478,355
Single Parent Households With Children 18.1% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 72.2% 90.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.8% 42.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.0% 32.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.7% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.2% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.1% 12.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.8% 10.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.9% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 5.3% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,930 $114,065,000 38.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,400 $25,046,000 8.4%
Staff $929 $9,697,000 3.3%
General Administration $212 $2,217,000 0.7%
School Administration $810 $8,448,000 2.8%
Operation $2,317 $24,176,000 8.1%
Transportation $415 $4,336,000 1.5%
Other $639 $6,666,000 2.2%
Total Support $7,722 $80,586,000 27.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $9,844 $102,731,000 34.5%
Total Expenditures $28,496 $297,382,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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