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Town Center Elementary School At Plainsboro

Serves grades PK - 3

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
700 Wyndhurst Drive
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
Phone
(609) 716-8330
District
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
County
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
399
Classroom Teachers
48

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Town Center Elementary School At Plainsboro Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
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44%
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50%
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37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
8
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 11 2.8%
Kindergarten 104 26.1%
Grade 1 127 31.8%
Grade 2 142 35.6%
Grade 3 3 0.8%
Total 399 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 5.5% 14.2% 40.1%
Black 8.6% 5.4% 15.1%
Hispanic 7.9% 5.8% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 76.7% 74.3% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.3% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 8.8% 5.6% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 8.0% 4.5% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.8% 1.1% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 53,419 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,431.7 1,255
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.6% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.1% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.3% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 12.6% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 20,942 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 4.8% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.4% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 80.5% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 48.5% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.8% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.8% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.5% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.9% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 2.6% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 4.9% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,376 $120,749,000 41.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,127 $19,204,000 6.6%
Staff $940 $8,482,000 2.9%
General Administration $258 $2,328,000 0.8%
School Administration $1,420 $12,819,000 4.4%
Operation $1,713 $15,467,000 5.3%
Transportation $1,360 $12,278,000 4.2%
Other $449 $4,057,000 1.4%
Total Support $8,268 $74,635,000 25.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $10,492 $94,715,000 32.6%
Total Expenditures $32,137 $290,099,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%