📍 269 Grove Street, North Plainfield, Somerset County, 07060
Stony Brook School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in North Plainfield, Somerset County. The school has 251 pupils enrolled. It is part of the North Plainfield School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Stony Brook School enrolls 251 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 39% male and 61% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% Hispanic or Latino, 6% White and 6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 213 | 85% |
| White | 15 | 6% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 6% |
| Asian | 7 | 2.8% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
205 of the school's 251 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 169 qualify for free lunch and 36 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Stony Brook School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 22, state house district 22.
Stony Brook School is one of 6 schools in North Plainfield School District, based in North Plainfield, New Jersey. The district serves 3,704 students district-wide and employs 325 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 251 students, Stony Brook School is smaller than the district average of about 617 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large