West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
State budget reportMercer County · 2026-27 budget, from New Jersey Department of Education files. Budgets are set for a whole district, so every school in it shares these figures.
Spending
- Day-to-day spending2025-26: $225M → 2026-27: $230.2M (+2.3%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
- Employee benefits2025-26: $44.2M → 2026-27: $50M (+13.1%)21.7% of day-to-day spending.Mercer County median +16% · New Jersey median +18.2%
- Everything else2025-26: $180.8M → 2026-27: $180.2M (-0.3%)Mercer County median +1.4% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
- Local school tax levy2025-26: $196.6M → 2026-27: $205.9M (+4.7%)Mercer County median +4.5% · New Jersey median +5%
- State school aid, K–122025-26: $15.7M → 2026-27: $15.2M (-3%)Mercer County median +5.8% · New Jersey median +4.9%
- Special education aid$7.6M → $7.3M
- Transportation aid$6.5M → $6.2M
- Security aid$1,641,819 → $1,608,334
- Federal special education grant (IDEA)2025-26: $2,006,564 → 2026-27: $2,049,276 (+2.1%)Mercer County median +2.1% · New Jersey median +1.7%Federal money for students with disabilities, ages 3 to 21. The 2026-27 award is the state's preliminary figure. $39,958 of it is set aside for students with disabilities whose parents placed them in private schools. From the state's IDEA award files: 2025-26, 2026-27
- Surplus budgeted to balance the budget2025-26: $17.2M → 2026-27: $16.8MPlanned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Teachers
- Students per teacher2021-22: 11.4 → 2024-25: 11.2Mercer County median 11.1 · New Jersey median 10.7
- Median teacher salary2024-25: $81,600Mercer County median $81,684 · New Jersey median $78,587
Medians are across districts whose budgets are comparable; services commissions and districts outside the state aid formula are left out.