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Town Center Elementary School

West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional · Mercer County · Elementary school
Grades PK–3 · was K–3 in 2002
Updated June 2026

Enrollment, by grade

In 2025-26 it enrolled 404 students across grades PK–3. That is 330 fewer than in 2002-03 (734) — the school has shrunk. It peaked at 764 in 2013-14. Its biggest cohort is grade 2.

students 0200400600800321KPK1998200320082013201820232025

Students enrolled in each grade each fall, stacked to the total — so the top edge is total enrollment. Bands run from the lowest grade (light) to the highest (dark); a band that appears or disappears is a grade the school added or dropped. “Other” is students with no grade level (mostly special education), so the bands always sum to total. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

What the school looks like

The largest group in both 2002-03 and 2025-26 was Asian students — 49% then, 68% now.

% of students 050100race categories: 5 → 768%10%8%8%1998200320082013201820232025
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Each group’s share of enrollment over time, or its head count — toggle above. New Jersey expanded race and ethnicity reporting from five to seven categories in 2006-07 (dashed line), so “two or more races” appears only after; Asian here includes Pacific Islander. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

How much the mix changed

Between 2021-22 and 2025-26 the makeup of this school barely moved.

That’s the fifth-largest shift among the district’s six elementary schools — smaller than 77% of Mercer County elementary schools. The biggest moves, in percentage points:
Asian −4.6·Hispanic +3.1·Two or more +1.1

The index is half the sum of every group’s change in share, on a 0–100 scale (how it works). Compare any two years in the explorer →

Free or reduced-price lunch

In 2025-26, 19.8% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch.

% eligible 01020notreportednotreported19.8%12.3%10.7%200220072012201720222025
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Share of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The lighter lines show the district overall and the district elementary schools, for comparison. Not reported by the state in some years (shaded). Since 2014, some districts provide free meals to all students regardless of household income, which can lift the eligible share. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

Test scores

On the NJSLA — New Jersey’s state test — here is how students have scored over recent years and by grade. (New Jersey reports student-growth scores only through grade 8, so they are not available for high schools.)

1 · did not meet2 · partially met3 · approached4 · met5 · exceeded

English language arts: results for 2024-25 (state 53%).

By grade, year to year

Each panel is one grade — watch its mix of levels shift across 2021–2024.

Grade 3
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Math: results for 2024-25 (state 42%).

By grade, year to year

Each panel is one grade — watch its mix of levels shift across 2021–2024.

Grade 3
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In each panel the flat line is the proficiency boundary: levels 4–5 (met or exceeded) fill the area above it, levels 1–3 below — so a smaller reported share in levels 4–5 makes the area above the line shrink (it isn’t a misleading upward slope). Light = level 1 (did not yet meet expectations), dark = level 5 (exceeded); the % marks the proficient share at the first and last points. The first set of panels follows each grade across the years; the second lines up aggregate grade results one grade higher each year. It approximates a class cohort, not linked individual students. Growth is the median Student Growth Percentile (50 = a typical year), reported only through grade 8. The NJSLA was not given in spring 2020 and was disrupted the next year. Source: NJ School Performance Reports.

Chronic absenteeism

In 2024-25, 16.4% of students were chronically absent — missing at least 10% of school days — down from 20.5% in 2021-22.

% chronically absent 0153016.4%14.4%8.6%2021202220232024
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Chronic absenteeism — the share of students who missed 10% or more of the days they were enrolled (roughly 18 days across a full school year). The lighter lines show the district overall and New Jersey, for comparison. Source: NJ School Performance Reports, 2024-25.

Profile built from New Jersey Department of Education Fall Enrollment data, 1998-99 through 2025-26. How this data works →