Best Public Schools in Trenton, New Jersey

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				NJSLA English Language Arts (2019)								NJSLA Mathematics (2019)						NJSLA Algebra I (2019)				NJSLA Geometry (2019)			NJSLA Algebra II (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 (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th 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 English Language Arts 10th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 10th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course
Daylight/Twilight High School	Public	9-12	501 Edgewood Avenue	Trenton	08618	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4850	443	23	19.2	56.9%	4 (0.9%)	194 (43.8%)	244 (55.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8	404^th of 414 public high schools	2.4%		9.8	407^th of 415 public high schools	1.9%	3								0.0								0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0
Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School	Public	K-5	401-411 Brunswick Avenue	Trenton	08638	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4791	775	49	15.8	83.9%	9 (1.2%)	414 (53.4%)	343 (44.3%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1.2	1356^th of 1356 public elementary schools	0.0%		2.3	1346^th of 1353 public elementary schools	0.5%	10	2.1	8.0	8.6						6.1	2.9	2.5
Trenton Central High School - Main Campus	Public	10-12	171 Division Street	Trenton	08611	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 278-7260	1,818	147	12.3	72.8%	16 (0.9%)	832 (45.8%)	958 (52.7%)	7 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.2%)	11.2	377^th of 414 public high schools	8.9%		12.9	382^nd of 415 public high schools	8.0%	5								15.0												2.2	2.2		7.1	7.1
Dunn Middle School	Public	6-8	401 Dayton Street	Trenton	08610	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4700	893	64	13.9	80.2%	22 (2.5%)	242 (27.1%)	621 (69.5%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	4.8	728^th of 742 public middle schools	1.9%		5.9	692^nd of 716 public middle schools	3.4%	36				17.3	25.4	20.7						2.2	5.6	0.8	27.9			27.9
Columbus Elementary School	Public	K-5	1200 Brunswick Avenue	Trenton	08638	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4690	371	28	13.2	78.4%	11 (3.0%)	206 (55.5%)	150 (40.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	11.4	1221^st of 1356 public elementary schools	10.0%		7.9	1263^rd of 1353 public elementary schools	6.7%	42	40.7	24.6	24.2						33.3	15.5	14.5
Franklin Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 William Street	Trenton	08610	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4720	405	28	14.4	85.4%	11 (2.7%)	82 (20.2%)	305 (75.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	11.2	1224^th of 1356 public elementary schools	9.7%		9.5	1239^th of 1353 public elementary schools	8.4%	15	28.2	34.4	25.3						35.2	26.6	9.3
Grant Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	159 N Clinton Avenue	Trenton	08609	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4730	571	46	12.5	87.9%	5 (0.9%)	228 (39.9%)	331 (58.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	3.3	1332^nd of 1356 public elementary schools	1.8%		5.7	1302^nd of 1353 public elementary schools	3.8%	30	7.1	18.6	16.8						18.8	12.0	8.0
Gregory Elementary School	Public	K-5	500 Rutherford Avenue	Trenton	08618	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4740	567	37	15.3	86.2%	1 (0.2%)	508 (89.6%)	52 (9.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	2.5	1347^th of 1356 public elementary schools	0.7%		2.5	1341^st of 1353 public elementary schools	0.9%	6	17.0	5.0	10.3						13.3	6.0	5.1
Jefferson Elementary School	Public	K-5	1 Whittlesey Road	Trenton	08618	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4660	434	27	16.0	74.4%	4 (0.9%)	385 (88.7%)	40 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	3.7	1326^th of 1356 public elementary schools	2.2%		2.1	1349^th of 1353 public elementary schools	0.3%	23	14.5	10.8	12.8						20.3	12.5	12.2
Joyce Kilmer Middle School	Public	6-8	1300 Stuyvesant Avenue	Trenton	08618	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4800	370	34	10.8	81.9%	4 (1.1%)	333 (90.0%)	31 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	6.3	715^th of 742 public middle schools	3.6%		4.6	707^th of 716 public middle schools	1.3%	8				10.4	16.0	29.3						2.6	4.4	9.2
Luis Munoz-Rivera Middle School	Public	6-8	400 N Montgomery Street	Trenton	08618	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4840	483	39	12.3	86.3%	6 (1.2%)	326 (67.5%)	145 (30.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	5.7	721^st of 742 public middle schools	2.8%		5.4	698^th of 716 public middle schools	2.5%	23				14.1	22.0	26.0						7.1	6.1	3.7
Mott Elementary School	Public	K-5	45 Stokely Avenue	Trenton	08611	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4830	426	27	15.7	84.7%	10 (2.3%)	119 (27.9%)	289 (67.8%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	12.2	1207^th of 1356 public elementary schools	11.0%		9.8	1234^th of 1353 public elementary schools	8.8%	27	23.0	35.1	28.8						30.9	23.1	27.0
P.J. Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1010 East State Street	Trenton	08609	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4980	800	56	14.2	85.3%	6 (0.8%)	383 (47.9%)	404 (50.5%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	3.2	1339^th of 1356 public elementary schools	1.3%		3.3	1329^th of 1353 public elementary schools	1.8%	10	11.2	13.3	13.3						8.9	14.1	12.6
Parker Elementary	Public	K-5	820 S Warren St	Trenton	08611	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4880	531	43	12.4	82.9%	12 (2.3%)	213 (40.1%)	295 (55.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.7%)	6.9	1281^st of 1356 public elementary schools	5.5%		16.9	1147^th of 1353 public elementary schools	15.2%	134	13.8	23.5	35.7						12.0	25.0	10.0
Robbins Elementary School	Public	K-5	283 Tyler Street	Trenton	08609	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4910	541	38	14.2	89.5%	10 (1.8%)	78 (14.4%)	443 (81.9%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	5	1301^st of 1356 public elementary schools	4.1%		4.9	1308^th of 1353 public elementary schools	3.3%	7	14.6	13.5	33.4						14.9	15.1	14.1
Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	331 Emory Avenue	Trenton	08611	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4960	409	23	17.7	91.0%	4 (1.0%)	84 (20.5%)	317 (77.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	19.1	1127^th of 1356 public elementary schools	16.9%		6.1	1296^th of 1353 public elementary schools	4.2%	169	29.9	50.0	24.2						30.3	46.6	13.6
Wilson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	175 Girard Avenue	Trenton	08638	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4970	498	37	13.4	81.5%	5 (1.0%)	128 (25.7%)	362 (72.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2.5	1346^th of 1356 public elementary schools	0.7%		6.7	1284^th of 1353 public elementary schools	5.1%	62	9.5	6.8	15.5						13.3	3.7	9.7
Hedgepeth Williams Middle School	Public	6-8	301 Gladstone Ave	Trenton	08629	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4760	674	54	12.5	85.3%	4 (0.6%)	271 (40.2%)	391 (58.0%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	6.8	708^th of 742 public middle schools	4.6%		9.1	658^th of 716 public middle schools	8.1%	50				16.5	22.3	24.9						11.4	8.9	6.4	57.1			57.1
Harrison Elementary School	Public	K-5	461 Genessee Street	Trenton	08611	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 656-4750	221	14	15.7	82.8%	7 (3.2%)	72 (32.6%)	139 (62.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)								(n/a)	14.7	33.3	31.8						8.8	15.2	2.3
Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy	Public, Alternative	9	500 Perry Street	Trenton	08609	Mercer	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 656-4900	707	55	12.8	75.8%	6 (0.8%)	294 (41.6%)	400 (56.6%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)								(n/a)							7.9									1.7		1.7	14.0		14.0	40.5		40.5
International Charter School	Public, Charter	K-4	105 Grand Street	Trenton	08611	Mercer	International Charter School of Trenton	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 394-3111	89	8	10.5	91.0%	0 (0.0%)	17 (19.1%)	72 (80.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16.3	1160^th of 1356 public elementary schools	14.5%		6.9	1281^st of 1353 public elementary schools	5.3%	121	22.2	17.6							55.6	5.9
The Village Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	101 Sullivan Way	Trenton	08638	Mercer	The Village Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 695-0110	361	32	11.2	69.0%	6 (1.7%)	337 (93.4%)	17 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47.7	747^th of 1356 public elementary schools	44.9%		41.9	833^rd of 1353 public elementary schools	38.4%	86	35.9	72.2	46.2	69.3	76.5	60.0			66.6	61.1	28.2	23.0	23.5	45.0
Ann Klein Forensic Center	Public	12	1610 Stuyvesant Ave	Trenton	08625	Mercer	Office Of Education Department Of Children And Families	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 633-0883	1				1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital	Public, Alternative	11	100 Sullivan Way	Trenton	08625	Mercer	Office Of Education Department Of Children And Families	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 633-1500	1				0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Mercer Regional School	Public, Alternative	K-11	1600 Stuyvesant Avenue	Trenton	08618	Mercer	Office Of Education Department Of Children And Families	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 530-3390	38			92.1%	3 (7.9%)	18 (47.4%)	17 (44.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
New Jersey State Prison	Public	12	600 Cass Street	Trenton	08625	Mercer	Office Of Educational Services Department Of Corrections	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 292-9700	1				0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Foundation Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	363 West State Street	Trenton	08608	Mercer	Foundation Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 920-9200	1,050	77	13.6	81.0%	5 (0.5%)	554 (52.8%)	472 (45.0%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.1%)								(n/a)	30.3	39.3	31.4	43.5	62.9	61.6	41.3	72.8	54.5	63.1	39.5	22.4	46.9	14.3	69.0	25.0		48.2	75.0	17.4	39.2		67.7	67.7
Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities	Public, Charter	4-8	643 Indiana Ave	Trenton	08638	Mercer	Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 394-7727	378	30	12.6	95.8%	0 (0.0%)	86 (22.8%)	290 (76.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34.2	501^st of 742 public middle schools	32.5%		34.8	487^th of 716 public middle schools	32.0%	14		52.0	37.0	32.9	66.6	54.9				29.7	17.8	13.1	29.3	29.6
Achievers Early College Prep Charter School	Public, Charter	6	500 Smith Street	Trenton	08611	Mercer	Achievers Early College Prep Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 429-0279	72	5	14.4	91.7%	6 (8.3%)	26 (36.1%)	39 (54.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)								(n/a)				28.6								8.6
Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy	Public	9-12	1085 Old Trenton Road	Trenton	08690	Mercer	Area Vocational Technical Schools of Mercer County	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 586-5144	100	9	10.8	29.0%	19 (19.0%)	15 (15.0%)	27 (27.0%)	35 (35.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.0%)	58.4	125^th of 414 public high schools	69.8%					(n/a)							70.8	94.5								25.0		25.0			41.2
Marie H Katzenbach High School	Public	9-12	320 Sullivan way	Trenton	08628	Mercer	Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 530-3130	61			21.3%	8 (13.1%)	18 (29.5%)	31 (50.8%)	4 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Marie H Katzenbach Elementary/ Middle School for the Deaf	Public	PK, KG-8	320 Sullivan Way	Trenton	08628	Mercer	Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 530-3120	17			17.6%	6 (35.3%)	2 (11.8%)	8 (47.1%)	1 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
McVs Assunpink Center	Public	9-12	1085 Old Trenton Road	Trenton	08690	Mercer	Area Vocational Technical Schools of Mercer County	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 586-5144	62	8	7.7	67.7%	3 (4.8%)	51 (82.3%)	8 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Ewing	1.65 mi	6	483^rd
Hamilton	2.1 mi	28	402^nd
Lawrenceville	2.51 mi	7	272^nd
Pennington	4.62 mi	7	169^th
Bordentown	5.94 mi	9	309^th

Best Public Schools in Trenton, NJ

Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy

The Village Charter School

Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities

Washington Elementary School

International Charter School

Mott Elementary School

Columbus Elementary School

Trenton Central High School - Main Campus

Franklin Elementary School

Daylight/Twilight High School

Parker Elementary

Hedgepeth Williams Middle School

Joyce Kilmer Middle School

Luis Munoz-Rivera Middle School

Robbins Elementary School

Dunn Middle School

Jefferson Elementary School

Grant Elementary School

P.J. Hill Elementary

Wilson Elementary School

Gregory Elementary School

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School

Achievers Early College Prep Charter School

Ann Klein Forensic Center

Foundation Academy Charter School

Harrison Elementary School

Marie H Katzenbach Elementary/ Middle School for the Deaf

Marie H Katzenbach High School

McVs Assunpink Center

Mercer Regional School

New Jersey State Prison

Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy

Trenton Psychiatric Hospital

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