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Enrollment
1,029
Middle
DISTRICT 1,106 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341770006012
Community Middle School
95 GROVERS MILL ROAD, PLAINSBORO, NJ 08536 · (609) 716-5300 · Middlesex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,029 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of New Jersey public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
102 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
90 students
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 360 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 331 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 338 | 33% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
83.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.8% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.1% | 77.3% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Community Middle School
Community Middle School's state test result (70.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Middle School this school | 1,029 | 8.7% | 70.2% |
| Thomas R Grover Middle School West Windsor | 1,183 | 8.6% | 66.0% |
| John Adams Middle School EDISON | 930 | 13.0% | 68.7% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle School EDISON | 1,206 | 13.9% | 65.7% |
| Crossroads South Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 812 | 17.0% | 65.2% |
| Crossroads North Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 935 | 18.9% | 61.6% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Community Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #28 of 433 | #1 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #15 of 437 ▲ 1 | #1 of 39 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #36 of 437 ▼ 5 | #4 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,029 | #29 of 445 | #7 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #130 of 417 | #7 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #346 of 419 | #33 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.7% | #361 of 436 | #40 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #124 of 282 | #10 of 23 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,029
-102 (-9%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,029 | 101.9 | 10.1:1 | 9% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 1,038 | 105.9 | 9.8:1 | 5% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 1,071 | 103.2 | 10.4:1 | 5% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 1,131 | 101 | 11.2:1 | 6% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 1,172 | 102.7 | 11.4:1 | 6% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 1,152 | 102 | 11.3:1 | 7% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 1,235 | 102 | 12.1:1 | 6% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 994 | 90 | 11.0:1 | 3% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 783 | 61 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Community Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,172 to 1,029); teachers down 1% (102.7 to 101.9).
About Community Middle School
Community Middle School is a middle-grades school in PLAINSBORO, New Jersey, and it is part of West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. The school counted 1,029 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 78% larger than the average for middle schools in New Jersey.
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District counts 8,831 students in its 10 schools, and Community Middle School is one of them.
Asian students are 77% of those enrolled at Community Middle School. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Middlesex County overall, about 26% of residents are Asian. A diversity index of 39% means there is a 39% chance two randomly chosen students at Community Middle School are from different groups.
Community Middle School has 101.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in New Jersey is 10.9:1. At Community Middle School, 9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Middlesex County.
Community Middle School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 93% of New Jersey public middle schools.
A school with Community Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 61.4%. Community Middle School scores 70.2%, 8.8 points above that line.
For Middlesex County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 214 public schools and about 129,255 students.
Of the public schools around it, Community Middle School is closest to West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Community Middle School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school shrank from 1,131 students in 2020-21 to 1,029 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 11.2:1 to 10.1:1.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Community Middle School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School SouthHigh · 1,627 students
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School NorthHigh · 1,510 students
- Thomas R Grover Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,183 students
- Millstone River SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Maurice Hawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 723 students
- Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 657 students
Other schools in PLAINSBORO
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School NorthHigh · 1,510 students
- Millstone River SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Town Center Elementary School at PlainsboroElementary · 439 students
- J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
Other Community Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Community Middle. Community Middle School is the largest of the 4.
- Community Middle SchoolBound Brook, NJ · 291 students
- COMMUNITY MIDDLELITTLE FALLS, MN · 496 students
- Community Middle SchoolUnionville, TN · 365 students
Nearby schools
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North0.2 mi · 1,510
- Millstone River School0.2 mi · 772
- J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School0.6 mi · 334
- Town Center Elementary School at Plainsboro1.1 mi · 439
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South1.7 mi · 1,627
- Maurice Hawk Elementary School1.9 mi · 723
Frequently asked questions
About Community Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Community Middle School?
Community Middle School enrolls approximately 1,029 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Community Middle School serve?
Community Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Community Middle School have?
Community Middle School employs 102 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
How diverse is Community Middle School?
Community Middle School reports a student body of 12% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 77% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Community Middle School?
Community Middle School is overseen by West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.