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South Plainfield School District

A public school district in South Plainfield, New Jersey, with 9 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

3,813
Students enrolled: 348
Teachers, full-time equivalent: Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.; 695.8
All staff, full-time equivalent: $23,727
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023: Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 3,813 in 2024–⁠25: Ranks 2,570th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 97th of 651 in New Jersey. Larger than 85% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $23,727 in fiscal year 2023: More than 84% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

South Plainfield School District spent $24,143 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $12,553 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

Source: NCES

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The figures

South Plainfield School District spent $24,143 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $12,553 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal year	Spending per pupil	Current expenditure	Membership
FY2024	$24,143	$89.2 million	3,694
FY2023	$23,727	$84.3 million	3,551
FY2022	$23,119	$80.1 million	3,464
FY2021	$20,050	$68.2 million	3,400
FY2020	$19,522	$66.4 million	3,400
FY2019	$19,482	$66.2 million	3,400
FY2018	$18,839	$64.1 million	3,402
FY2017	$18,350	$63.0 million	3,434
FY2016	$17,642	$62.9 million	3,564
FY2015	$16,489	$59.0 million	3,576
FY2014	$16,993	$59.0 million	3,470
FY2013	$15,495	$55.2 million	3,565
FY2012	$15,003	$54.6 million	3,638
FY2011	$14,213	$53.7 million	3,779
FY2010	$14,626	$55.1 million	3,767
FY2009	$13,982	$51.8 million	3,708
FY2008	$13,905	$51.6 million	3,710
FY2007	$14,049	$53.4 million	3,801
FY2006	$13,236	$50.3 million	3,800
FY2005	$12,553	$48.4 million	3,857

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to South Plainfield School District by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
Source	Revenue	Share of total
Federal	$5.7 million	6.2%
State	$29.3 million	32.0%
Local	$56.6 million	61.8%
Total	$91.6 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

9 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in South Plainfield School District
School	City	Level	Students
Franklin Elementary School	South Plainfield	Elementary	270
Grant Elementary School	South Plainfield	Middle	568
John E. Riley Elementary School	South Plainfield	Elementary	367
John F Kennedy Elementary School	South Plainfield	Elementary	256
Riley Preschool Annex	South Plainfield	Prekindergarten	145
Roosevelt Elementary School	South Plainfield	Elementary	472
Roosevelt Preschool Annex	South Plainfield	Prekindergarten	92
South Plainfield High School	South Plainfield	High	1,044
South Plainfield Middle School	South Plainfield	Middle	553

The district’s entry

Status: Open
Type: Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status: Not a charter district
Grades: Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID: 3415360

Elsewhere

Public schools in New Jersey — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
Every school district in New Jersey — A to Z, each with its page.
New Jersey on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.

Sources

Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.

Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 30, 2026