Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 580 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341770003264
J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School
510 PLAINSBORO ROAD, PLAINSBORO, NJ 08536 · (609) 716-5450 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
27 students
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 101 | 30% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 24% |
Student demographics
47%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
J.V.B. Wicoff 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.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
80.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +13.1pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.2% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.1% | 71.4% |
% 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
74.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School
J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School's state test result (74.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School this school | 334 | 8.1% | 74.4% |
| Northvail Elementary School PARSIPPANY | 359 | 12.5% | 75.3% |
| Monmouth Junction Elementary School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 301 | 13.3% | 80.2% |
| Eastlake Elementary School Parsippany | 364 | 13.7% | 69.4% |
| Milltown Primary School Bridgewater | 348 | 11.5% | 85.2% |
| Town Center Elementary School at Plainsboro PLAINSBORO | 439 | 17.8% | N/A |
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 J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #95 of 1,290 | #5 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #99 of 1,319 ▲ 86 | #8 of 111 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #89 of 1,319 ▲ 221 | #5 of 111 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #969 of 1,562 | #91 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,160 of 1,390 | #99 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #895 of 1,392 | #91 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.1% | #1,290 of 1,481 | #125 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #88 of 798 | #17 of 84 |
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
334
-15 (-4%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 380
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 334 | 24.9 | 13.4:1 | 8% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 28.1 | 9.7:1 | 4% (12) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 28 | 9.8:1 | 5% (15) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 35 | 10.0:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 34.6 | 13.0:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 6% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 4% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 380 | 23 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (449 to 334); teachers down 28% (34.6 to 24.9).
About J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School
J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School is a small elementary school in PLAINSBORO, New Jersey. A total of 334 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 3.
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District enrolls 8,831 students, and its 10 schools include J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School is 71% Asian. The rest of enrollment is 10% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Asian share of Middlesex County's population at about 26%. The chance that two students picked at random at J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
The school employs the equivalent of 24.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.4:1. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 8%. The rate at public schools in Middlesex County averages 42%, higher than here.
J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School is 12.7 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 74.4% actual, 61.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Census Bureau estimates for Middlesex County show that median household income is about $111,549, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County, which together enroll about 129,255 students.
Nearby, Millstone River School is about 0.6 miles away. J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 74.4% against a local average of 72.5%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 349 in 2020-21 and 334 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.0:1 in 2020-21 to 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,029 students
- Millstone River SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Maurice Hawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 723 students
Other schools in PLAINSBORO
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School NorthHigh · 1,510 students
- Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,029 students
- Millstone River SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Town Center Elementary School at PlainsboroElementary · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Millstone River School0.6 mi · 772
- Town Center Elementary School at Plainsboro0.6 mi · 439
- Community Middle School0.6 mi · 1,029
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North0.8 mi · 1,510
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South2.3 mi · 1,627
- Maurice Hawk Elementary School2.5 mi · 723
Frequently asked questions
About J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary SchoolHow large is J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School?
J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School enrolls approximately 334 students in grades KG-03.
Is J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School have?
J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School?
At J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 71% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School?
J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School is overseen by West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District in Middlesex County.
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