Barack Obama Green Charter School
35 Watchung ave, Plainfield, NJ 07060
Public charter school (tuition-free)
Barack Obama Green Charter School is a public charter school in Plainfield, NJ for grades 6-12. It had 358 students in 2024-25, about 14.3 per teacher. As a public charter school it charges no tuition.
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School facts
- Grades
- 6-12
- Students
- 358 (2024-25)
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 25 (2024-25)
- Students per teacher
- 14.3
- Level
- High school
- School type
- Regular public school
- Tuition
- None (public charter school)
- County
- Union County
- NCES school ID
- 340074003047
From the U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data: the public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary) for the address, phone, website, grades and authorizer; the 2024-25 membership and staff files for students and teachers. Figures move every year, so ask the school for today’s. NCES data files · Where our data comes from. Something wrong? Tell us.
What a charter school is
- Public and free. NCES describes a public charter school as a publicly funded school, usually run by a group or organization under a contract (the charter) with the state, the district or another body. The federal definition says a charter school does not charge tuition.
- Families choose it. Under the same definition, a charter school is one parents choose to send their children to, and it admits students by lottery when more apply than it has room for.
- No program badge. ChoiceFunded’s program badges and “schools that accept” lists cover private schools only. Charter schools are listed separately here, with no badge, and are never counted with private schools.
Sources: 20 U.S.C. 7221i (federal Charter Schools Program definitions); NCES, Condition of Education: Public Charter School Enrollment. Each state writes its own charter law, so ask the school how enrollment works there.
Other charter schools near Barack Obama Green Charter School
- Union County TEAMS Charter School (K-12, under 1 mi)
- Cresthaven Academy Charter School (K-8, under 1 mi)
- The Queen City Academy Charter School (K-12, 1 mi)
- College Achieve Central Charter School (K-12, 1 mi)
- Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School (K-12, 8 mi)
- Middlesex County STEM Charter School (K-9, 10 mi)
- Greater Brunswick Charter School (K-8, 10 mi)
- Central Jersey College Prep Charter School (K-12, 10 mi)