Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies

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, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Plainfield Public School District, one of New Jersey's 31 former Abbott districts.[3] 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.[4]

Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies
Address
1700 West Front Street

Plainfield
,
Union County
,
New Jersey
07063

United States
Coordinates40.597802°N 74.454097°W / 40.597802; -74.454097
Information
TypeMagnet public high school
Established2009
School districtPlainfield Public School District
NCES School ID3413140[1]
PrincipalAngela Bento[2]
Faculty41.4 FTEs[1]
Grades7-12
Enrollment396 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio9.6:1[1]
Websitewww.plainfieldnjk12.org/Schools/PAAAS/PAAAS.php

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 396 students and 41.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6:1. There were 226 students (57.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 46 (11.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards and recognition

Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies (PAAAS) was ranked among the best high schools in the United States, according to an announcement released by U.S. News and World Report. PAAAS ranked 147 among New Jersey’s 551 Secondary Schools and ranked within the top 40% in the nation.

Students and alumni
  • Teenage jazz-and-gospel vocalist Alexis Morrast, as a high-school student at the Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies, won first place in vocals in 2017 at Showtime at the Apollo. The New Jersey Jazz Society has compared her to a "young Ella Fitzgerald."[5][6]

References
  1. School data for Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Staff Roster, Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies. Accessed November 18, 2015.
  3. Abbott School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Access June 1, 2016.
  4. 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."
  5. Muscavage, Nick. "Plainfield 10th grader wins Showtime at the Apollo",Courier News, February 5, 2017. Accessed October 25, 2020. "A 10th grader enrolled in the city school district won first prize in the nationally televised Showtime at the Apollo. Alexis Morrast, a 15-year-old enrolled at the Plainfield Academy of the Arts & Advanced Studies, won first place in the show on Feb. 1, according to a district news release."
  6. "Talented Plainfield teen helps Jersey Jazz Society celebrate 45th anniversary".
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