Maurice Hawk Elementary School

Maurice Hawk Elementary School is a substantial elementary school in West Windsor, New Jersey, operated by West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. The school teaches 723 students in grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Maurice Hawk Elementary School sits 79% larger than that benchmark.

Within West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, which oversees 10 schools and 8,831 students, Maurice Hawk Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Maurice Hawk Elementary School shows that Asian students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school reports 15% White, 12% multiracial, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Mercer County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Maurice Hawk Elementary School has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Mercer County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Maurice Hawk Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.0%, the actual is 71.5%, a residual of +11.6 points.

In the surrounding community, Mercer County reports that median household earnings sit near $100,645, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), Maurice Hawk Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Maurice Hawk Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 69.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Maurice Hawk Elementary School's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 749 (now 723). Over the same period, the White share fell from 24% to 15%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.