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Coordinates: 40°35′52″N 74°27′15″W / 40.597802°N 74.454097°W / 40.597802; -74.454097
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Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies
Address
Map
1700 West Front Street

Plainfield
,
Union County
,
New Jersey
07063

United States
Coordinates40°35′52″N 74°27′15″W / 40.597802°N 74.454097°W / 40.597802; -74.454097
Information
TypeMagnet public high school
Established2009
School districtPlainfield Public School District
NCES School ID341314003041[1]
PrincipalGregory Sneed
Faculty38.0 FTEs[1]
Grades7-12
Enrollment356 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio9.4:1[1]
Websitepaaas.plainfieldnjk12.org

Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies (PAAAS) is a magnet six-year public middle school / high school specializing in visual and performing arts that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from Plainfield, in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school is part of the Plainfield Public School District, one of New Jersey's 31 former Abbott districts.[2] Opened in September 2009, the school requires that students are residents of the city who have been enrolled in the district for a minimum of a year.[3]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 356 students and 38.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1. There were 226 students (63.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 44 (12.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards and recognition

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Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies (PAAAS) was ranked by U.S. News & World Report at 137th among New Jersey’s 551 secondary schools and ranked within the top 40% in the nation.[4]

Administration

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The school's principal is Gregory Sneed.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Abbott School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Access June 1, 2016.
  3. ^ Bichao, Sergio. "Plainfield graduation plan stokes fears", Asbury Park Press, February 12, 2014. Accessed March 29, 2015. "The Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies opened in 2009 as a new kind of public school in an effort to combat the "flight" of families who did not want their children attending the city's middle and high schools. To get in, students must live in the city, have attended a Plainfield public school at least one year before applying, and interview and audition for admission."
  4. ^ Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies, U.S. News & World Report. Accessed January 19, 2022.
  5. ^ Faculty and Staff, Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies. Accessed January 19, 2022.
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