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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school is part of the Plainfield Public School District, one of New Jersey's 31 former Abbott districts.^[2] 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.^[3]

Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies
Location
1700 West Front Street Plainfield , Union County , New Jersey 07063 United States
Coordinates	40.597802°N 74.454097°W / 40.597802; -74.454097
Information
Type	Magnet public high school
Established	2009
School district	Plainfield Public School District
NCES School ID	341314003041[1]
Principal	Gregory Sneed
Faculty	41.0 FTEs[1]
Grades	7-12
Enrollment	345 (as of 2023–24)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	8.4:1[1]
Website	paaas.plainfieldnjk12.org

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 345 students and 41.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.4:1. There were 204 students (59.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 55 (15.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[1]

Awards and recognition

Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies (PAAAS) was ranked by U.S. News & World Report at 137th among New Jersey’s 551 secondary schools and ranked within the top 40% in the nation.^[4]

Administration

The school's principal is Gregory Sneed.^[5]