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Somerset School

Regular School · North Plainfield, NJ

Somerset School is a regular school school in North Plainfield, New Jersey, serving grades 05–06 with 485 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 9.5:1.

Level
Middle
Grades
05 – 06
Enrollment
485
Teachers (FTE)
51.3
Student–Teacher Ratio
9.5:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Hispanic/Latino 364 75%
Black or African American 80 16%
White 26 5%
Asian 8 2%
Two or more races 7 1%
Total enrollment 485 234M / 251F

English Language Learners: 80 (16% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 10.0% -15.6pp 25.6% 437
Reading Proficiency 26.0% -20.8pp 46.8% 434
Science Proficiency 10-14% 188

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
18 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
9
1.9% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
93
19.2% of enrollment · SY 2019–20
Additional Targeted Support (ATSI)

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 485 100%

Contact & Location

303 Somerset Street

North Plainfield, NJ 07060

Phone: (908)769-6080

http://npsis.nplainfield.org/

District

North Plainfield School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $29,907

District enrollment: 3,512

Other Schools in District

NCES ID

341164005262

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD