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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Thomas R Grover Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
1,183
Middle
DISTRICT 1,106 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341770000313
Thomas R Grover Middle School
10 SOUTHFIELD ROAD, West Windsor, NJ 08550 · (609) 716-5250 · Mercer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,183 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% 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.
- 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
102 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
102 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 | 350 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 424 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 409 | 35% |
Student demographics
44%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
80.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
75.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.2pp 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 76 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.2% | 75.6% |
| 2023-24 | 77.1% | 74.4% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% 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 Thomas R Grover Middle School
Thomas R Grover Middle School's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas R Grover Middle School this school | 1,183 | 8.6% | 66.0% |
| Community Middle School PLAINSBORO | 1,029 | 8.7% | 70.2% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle School EDISON | 1,206 | 13.9% | 65.7% |
| John Adams Middle School EDISON | 930 | 13.0% | 68.7% |
| Crossroads North Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 935 | 18.9% | 61.6% |
| Crossroads South Middle School MONMOUTH JUNCTION | 812 | 17.0% | 65.2% |
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 Thomas R Grover Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #48 of 433 | #2 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #33 of 437 ▼ 6 | #3 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #60 of 437 ▲ 1 | #2 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,183 | #14 of 445 | #1 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #295 of 417 | #8 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #311 of 419 | #16 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.6% | #363 of 436 | #20 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #194 of 282 | #4 of 8 |
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
1,183
-25 (-2%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 1,139
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 1,183 | 102 | 11.6:1 | 9% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 1,211 | 101.4 | 11.9:1 | 6% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 1,197 | 99.9 | 12.0:1 | 6% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 1,208 | 103 | 11.7:1 | 4% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 1,264 | 97.6 | 12.9:1 | 5% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 1,188 | 93 | 12.8:1 | 4% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 1,098 | 92 | 11.9:1 | 3% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 1,139 | 80 | 14.2:1 | 3% (38) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas R Grover Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,264 to 1,183); teachers up 5% (97.6 to 102).
About Thomas R Grover Middle School
Thomas R Grover Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school based in West Windsor, New Jersey. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,183 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 578-student average for middle schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 105% higher.
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District oversees Thomas R Grover Middle School and 9 other schools, with 8,831 students in total.
Asian students account for 74% of enrollment at Thomas R Grover Middle School. Smaller groups are 13% White, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Mercer County is roughly 12% Asian. Thomas R Grover Middle School has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is about 10.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Thomas R Grover Middle School is 9%. That is 39 points below the 48% average for public schools in Mercer County.
The allk12 Grade for Thomas R Grover Middle School is A. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 88% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Thomas R Grover Middle School is 61.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Mercer County show that median household income is about $100,645, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Thomas R Grover Middle School is one of 110 public schools in Mercer County, which together enroll about 58,647 students.
The shortest distance from Thomas R Grover Middle School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Village Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Thomas R Grover Middle School is 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 1,208 in 2020-21, 1,183 in 2024-25.
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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
- Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,029 students
- Millstone River SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Maurice Hawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 723 students
- Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 657 students
Other schools in West Windsor
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School SouthHigh · 1,627 students
- Maurice Hawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 723 students
- Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 657 students
- Dutch Neck Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
Nearby schools
- Village Elementary School0.3 mi · 657
- Dutch Neck Elementary School1.0 mi · 557
- Melvin H. Kreps Middle School1.7 mi · 1,160
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South2.7 mi · 1,627
- Robbinsville High School2.7 mi · 1,046
- Maurice Hawk Elementary School2.9 mi · 723
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas R Grover Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas R Grover Middle School?
Thomas R Grover Middle School enrolls approximately 1,183 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Thomas R Grover Middle School serve?
Thomas R Grover Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas R Grover Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas R Grover Middle School is approximately 11.6:1 (102 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Thomas R Grover Middle School?
Thomas R Grover Middle School reports a student body of 13% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 74% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Thomas R Grover Middle School in?
Thomas R Grover Middle School is part of West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District.
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