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If you could change one rule at Dutch Neck Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 580 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341770003260
Dutch Neck Elementary School
392 VILLAGE ROAD EAST, West Windsor, NJ 08550 · (609) 716-5400 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
48 students
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 140 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 160 | 29% |
| Grade 3 | 187 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Dutch Neck Elementary School→Village Elementary School
Based on grade levels within West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
72.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 | 58.2% | 72.4% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 69.6% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 Dutch Neck Elementary School
Dutch Neck Elementary School's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Neck Elementary School this school | 557 | 8.6% | 64.2% |
| Village Elementary School West Windsor | 657 | 7.6% | 69.6% |
| Maurice Hawk Elementary School West Windsor | 723 | 11.3% | 71.5% |
| Mount Prospect Elementary School Basking Ridge | 522 | 0.6% | 86.4% |
| Brooks Crossing Elementary School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 498 | 17.5% | 65.3% |
| School No. 1 FORT LEE | 540 | 17.6% | 77.6% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary 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 Dutch Neck Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #262 of 1,290 | #11 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #205 of 1,319 ▲ 16 | #10 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #525 of 1,319 ▲ 22 | #17 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #299 of 1,562 | #7 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #664 of 1,390 | #24 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #631 of 1,392 | #31 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.6% | #1,280 of 1,481 | #53 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #187 of 798 | #4 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
557
-147 (-21%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 557 | 49.8 | 11.2:1 | 9% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 54.3 | 12.2:1 | 7% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 674 | 50.1 | 13.5:1 | 5% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 704 | 48 | 14.7:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 687 | 45.9 | 15.0:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | 46 | 15.0:1 | 3% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 3% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 649 | 37 | 17.5:1 | 2% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 607 | 38 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dutch Neck Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (687 to 557); teachers up 9% (45.9 to 49.8).
About Dutch Neck Elementary School
Among the schools in West Windsor, New Jersey, is Dutch Neck Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 557 students in kindergarten through 3 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 38% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District has a total of 10 schools and 8,831 students, Dutch Neck Elementary School among them.
Roughly 63% of students at Dutch Neck Elementary School are Asian. Other reported shares: 13% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. Mercer County's residents are about 12% Asian, 51 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Dutch Neck Elementary School is 9%. That is 39 points below the 48% average for public schools in Mercer County.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Dutch Neck Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Dutch Neck Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 61.4%. Dutch Neck Elementary School scores 64.2%, 2.7 points above that line.
Dutch Neck Elementary School is located in Mercer County, where the median household income is $100,645, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Dutch Neck Elementary School, Mercer County has 109 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Village Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Dutch Neck Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Dutch Neck Elementary School at 8th of 9.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 557 students in 2024-25, 147 fewer than the 704 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.2:1.
Discussions about Dutch Neck Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 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
- Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,029 students
- Millstone River SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Maurice Hawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 723 students
Other schools in West Windsor
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School SouthHigh · 1,627 students
- Thomas R Grover Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,183 students
- Maurice Hawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 723 students
- Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 657 students
Nearby schools
- Village Elementary School0.8 mi · 657
- Thomas R Grover Middle School1.0 mi · 1,183
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South1.8 mi · 1,627
- Maurice Hawk Elementary School2.0 mi · 723
- Melvin H. Kreps Middle School2.5 mi · 1,160
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North2.9 mi · 1,510
Frequently asked questions
About Dutch Neck Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dutch Neck Elementary School?
Dutch Neck Elementary School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades KG-03.
Is Dutch Neck Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dutch Neck Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Dutch Neck Elementary School have?
Dutch Neck Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Dutch Neck Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dutch Neck Elementary School are roughly 13% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 63% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Dutch Neck Elementary School in?
Dutch Neck Elementary School is part of West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.