Pinnacle Academy High School
PLAINFIELD · NJ · Plainfield Public School District · Public
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Most similar nearby schools
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% |