📍 E Front St & Farragut Rd, Plainfield, Union County, 07060
Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Plainfield, Union County. The school has 417 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Plainfield Public School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary School enrolls 417 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Hispanic or Latino, 9.1% Black or African American and 1.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 370 | 89% |
| Black or African American | 38 | 9.1% |
| White | 7 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
369 of the school's 417 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 322 qualify for free lunch and 47 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.
Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary 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.
Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary School is one of 14 schools in Plainfield Public School District, based in Plainfield, New Jersey. The district serves 10,195 students district-wide and employs 628 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 417 students, Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 728 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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