Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Stanley graduated from Newark Arts High School.Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 2004 Edition, p. 280. Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC., 2004. . Accessed September 24, 2019. "Craig A. Stanley, Dem., Irvington.... He graduated from Arts High School where he was awarded an American Field Service Exchange Student Scholarship and completed his senior year in Switzerland."
