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Capital City High School

Q: How many students attend Capital City High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 756 students attended Capital City High School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Capital City High School?

Students at Capital City High School are 75% Hispanic, 22% African American, 2% Two or more races, 1% White.

Public Grades 9-12

Summary

Daylight/Twilight High School is a public high school in Trenton, New Jersey, serving 479 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Trenton Public School District, which is ranked 613 out of 613 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Daylight/Twilight High School has consistently ranked in the bottom 5-10% of high schools in New Jersey over the past decade, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for most years. The school's academic performance is extremely low, with 0% proficiency rates in Algebra I, significantly below the state and district averages. Graduation and dropout rates are also concerning, with the four-year graduation rate fluctuating between 20.3% and 91.1%, and the dropout rate ranging from 1.2% to 50.5%. Additionally, Daylight/Twilight High School has extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 16.6% to 59.6%, much higher than the state and surrounding school averages.

In comparison, nearby schools like Trenton Central High School, Lawrence High School, and the Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy and STEM Academy generally outperform Daylight/Twilight High School across various metrics. Despite the school's consistent struggles, it has not shown any meaningful improvement over the past decade, suggesting a need for significant intervention and support to address the systemic issues facing the school.

756

Students ?

18.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,864

Per pupil spending ?

56.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

135 E. Hanover Street
Trenton, NJ 08618

(609) 256-8190

District: Trenton Public School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

74.6%

African American:

22.1%

Two or more races:

2.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — <1st percentile in 2008 → <1st in 2024

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (6% vs 52% meeting standards)

!Graduation rate below the New Jersey average (36% vs 91%)

!Dropout rate above the New Jersey average (12% vs 1%)

Students meeting standards (2023-2024) ?

This school6%

District avg53%

New Jersey avg52%

Not ranked this year

Capital City High School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.

609^th of 609Trenton Public School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2024	4.5	429 of 429	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.2	405 of 422	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.6	400 of 415	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.0	405 of 416	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.8	407 of 415	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.9	398 of 411	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	18.5	365 of 409	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	9.0	405 of 406	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	1.0	397 of 411	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	0.0	359 of 359	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	0.1	359 of 361	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	0.0	353 of 357	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	0.2	345 of 351	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	10.2	281 of 283	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.2	253 of 254	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.6	264 of 266	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2018	22.8	135 of 146	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2024	8.5	400 of 420	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.3	385 of 402	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.9	381 of 408	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.6	403 of 403	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2024	5.8	395 of 403	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.1	366 of 374	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.4	333 of 364	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.4	356 of 368	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2024	5.4	352 of 358	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.6	318 of 326	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.4	317 of 347	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.6	338 of 345	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2021	12.2	381 of 402	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.6	384 of 407	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.4	404 of 405	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2018)8th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2021)5th percentile

Female (2024)5th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2024)2nd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)2nd percentile~ school

African American (2025)1st percentile

By subject vs New Jersey (2023-2024) ?

English Language Arts12%-69 vs state

Algebra I0%-33 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2025)	NJGPA Mathematics (2025)	NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)				NJSLA Mathematics (2025)			NJSLA Algebra I (2025)			NJSLA Geometry (2025)		NJSLA Algebra II (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Capital City High School	Public	9-12	135 E. Hanover Street	Trenton	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 256-8190	756	40	18.9	56.1%	8 (1.1%)	167 (22.1%)	564 (74.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.0%)								(n/a)																		$13,864	$2,099	$11,765
New Jersey State Prison	Public	9-12	600 Cass Street	Trenton	08625	Mercer County	Office Of Educational Services Department Of Corrections	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 292-9700	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Trenton Central High School - Main Campus	Public	10-12	400 Chambers Street	Trenton	08611	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 557-8247	2,097	157	13.3	70.9%	24 (1.1%)	652 (31.1%)	1,398 (66.7%)	6 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	16 (0.8%)								(n/a)	39.7	13.6		2.1														$11,800	$286	$11,514
Trenton Stem-to-Civics Charter School	Public, Charter	6-12	1555 Pennington Raod	Ewing	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Stem-to-Civics Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 619-2000	562	21	26.7	24.6%	3 (0.5%)	369 (65.7%)	170 (30.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.8%)	12.8	402^nd of 434 public high schools	7.4%		11.8	398^th of 429 public high schools	7.2%	4	59.2	13.5	1.2	3.3	26.7	33.3	26.8	28.2	10.0	5.3	4.9		4.7	4.6				$8,463	$1,091	$7,372
Hamilton West-Watson	Public	9-12	2720 South Clinton Avenue	Hamilton	08610	Mercer County	Hamilton Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 631-4168	1,408	101	13.9	59.7%	313 (22.2%)	262 (18.6%)	766 (54.4%)	25 (1.8%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (2.8%)	14.9	389^th of 434 public high schools	10.4%		16.4	377^th of 429 public high schools	12.1%	12	62.9	30.0		14.8				19.7				2.6	5.3	2.8	37.1	31.7	80.0	$9,849	$28	$9,821
Ann Klein Forensic Center	Public	12	1610 Stuyvesant Ave	West Trenton	08625	Mercer County	Office Of Education Department Of Children And Families	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 633-0883	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Ewing High School	Public	9-12	900 Parkway Ave	Ewing	08618	Mercer County	Ewing Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 538-9800	1,118	90	12.3	56.5%	198 (17.7%)	529 (47.3%)	293 (26.2%)	43 (3.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	49 (4.4%)	21.7	351^st of 434 public high schools	19.1%		24.9	332^nd of 429 public high schools	22.6%	19	64.3	41.7		20.8				23.4				7.8		7.7	31.8	31.8		$14,002	$194	$13,808
Hamilton North - Nottingham	Public	9-12	1055 Klockner Road	Hamilton	08619	Mercer County	Hamilton Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 631-4161	1,147	89	12.8	57.0%	229 (20.0%)	303 (26.4%)	547 (47.7%)	27 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	39 (3.4%)	19.4	362^nd of 434 public high schools	16.6%		17.9	370^th of 429 public high schools	13.8%	8	67.1	34.6		16.6				24.8				7.5		7.5	47.8	47.8		$10,323	$26	$10,297
Marie H Katzenbach Middle/High School	Public	6-12	320 Sullivan Way	Trenton	08628	Mercer County	Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 530-3130	33			9.1%	9 (27.3%)	7 (21.2%)	15 (45.5%)	2 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Lawrence High School	Public	9-12	2525 Princeton Pike	Lawrenceville	08648	Mercer County	Lawrence Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 671-5510	1,225	98	12.5	37.3%	455 (37.1%)	190 (15.5%)	293 (23.9%)	212 (17.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (5.9%)	53	180^th of 434 public high schools	58.5%		53.3	179^th of 429 public high schools	58.3%	1	86.4	57.0		40.2				50.5				13.1		13.1	62.3	61.6		$14,745	$110	$14,635

Frequently Asked Questions about Capital City High School

What is the racial makeup of Capital City High School?

Students at Capital City High School are 75% Hispanic, 22% African American, 2% Two or more races, 1% White.

What district is Capital City High School in?

Trenton Public School District

How many students attend Capital City High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 756 students attended Capital City High School.

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