Pinnacle Academy High School
PLAINFIELD · NJ · Plainfield Public School District · Public
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Union County Career & Technical Institute → Hillcrest Academy-North → The Queen City Academy Charter School → Piscataway Regional Day School → Future Foundations Academy (FFA) → Union County TEAMS Charter School → Developmental Learning Center Warren → Hillcrest Academy-South →How Pinnacle Academy High School compares for families
What families should know about Pinnacle Academy High School.
- ▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Union County Career & Technical Institute, Hillcrest Academy-North, The Queen City Academy Charter School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $24,406/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 67 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union County Career & Technical Institute Scotch Plains |
Public | 3.0 | 67 | — |
| Hillcrest Academy-North SCOTCH PLAINS |
Public | 2.8 | 74 | -1.3% |
| The Queen City Academy Charter School PLAINFIELD |
Public · charter | 1.8 | 94 | — |
| Piscataway Regional Day School PISCATAWAY |
Public | 6.6 | 76 | — |
| Future Foundations Academy (FFA) Piscataway |
Public | 6.7 | 76 | — |
| Union County TEAMS Charter School PLAINFIELD |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 99 | -34.0% |
| Developmental Learning Center Warren WARREN |
Public | 5.5 | 82 | — |
| Hillcrest Academy-South WESTFIELD |
Public | 4.5 | 87 | +16.0% |