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Trenton Public School District

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At a glance

604^thof 607 New Jersey districts▲ 5

Better than 0% of New Jersey districts

Elementary 13 Middle 9 High 2Grades K-12

108 North Clinton Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08609·(609) 656-4900·All New Jersey district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 0.5% of districts

Schools

13,549

Students

Top rankedBenjamin C Gregory Elementary School1110^th of 1,331 New Jersey elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Benjamin C Gregory Elementary School up 142 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School 11.1 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Trenton Central High School - Main Campus and 1 more

SchoolDigger ratings

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7 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

The 24 schools in Trenton Public School District span kindergarten through grade 12: 13 elementary schools serving K–3, six intermediate schools serving grades 4–6, three middle schools serving grades 7–8, and two high schools. In 2025–2026, school averages were below state proficiency averages in every matched grade-and-subject group; for example, grade-3 math averaged 14% across elementary schools versus 49% statewide, and grade-11 NJGPA ELA averaged 33% versus 76%. The most important finding is that even Trenton’s local leaders generally remained well below state proficiency levels.

Benjamin C. Gregory Elementary was the grade-3 standout, leading the 13 elementary schools with 32% in ELA and 24% in math—17 and 11 percentage points above the other schools’ averages, but still 16 and 25 points below state results. Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary had the lowest grade-3 results, at 8% in ELA and 4% in math. Intermediate leaders varied by grade and subject: Clara Parker Intermediate, Joyce Kilmer Intermediate, and Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate each led in different results. In grade-8 Algebra I, Grace A. Dunn Middle School led at 48%, ahead of Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School at 17% and Arthur J. Holland Middle School at 21%; Dunn was still 26 points below the state result.

Results improved in many comparisons between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: the grade-3 ELA school average rose from 8% to 16%, and the grade-8 Algebra I average rose from 14% to 29%. Progress was uneven: Gershom Mott Elementary’s grade-3 ELA result fell from 22% to 9%, while Carroll Robbins Elementary’s grade-3 math fell from 20% to 13%. Gregory’s free/reduced lunch eligible share was 91% in school year 2024–2025, showing that this measure alone does not sort schools by results. Attendance and graduation add concerns: chronic absenteeism was 43% districtwide, and Capital City High School had a 31% graduation rate and 28% dropout rate in 2024–2025, compared with Trenton Central High School - Main Campus at 63% and 5%. Two years of results are signals, not proof of a lasting trend.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2026)	NJGPA Mathematics (2026)	NJSLA-S Science (2026)			NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)							NJSLA Mathematics (2026)						NJSLA Algebra I (2026)				NJSLA Geometry (2026)			NJSLA Algebra II (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	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 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	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%)	9.3	410^th of 434 public high schools	5.5%					(n/a)	24.6	19.2			13.0																	0.0		10.8	10.5		20.0	20.0	$22,807	$1,657	$21,150
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%)	11.1	401^st of 434 public high schools	7.6%					(n/a)	40.8	30.3			8.8																11.1	11.1		11.1	11.1				$19,639	$1,391	$18,248
Paul S. Robeson Elementary School	Public	K-3	350 Cuyler Avenue	Trenton	08629	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4920	390	28	13.9	81.8%	5 (1.3%)	85 (21.8%)	295 (75.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	3.9	1322^nd of 1331 public elementary schools	0.7%		2.1	1346^th of 1347 public elementary schools	0.1%	24						12.7							8.9																$22,052	$1,585	$20,467
Grace A Dunn Middle School	Public	7-8	401 Dayton Street	Trenton	08610	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4700	703	50	14.2	77.1%	8 (1.1%)	86 (12.2%)	605 (86.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	9.3	711^th of 743 public middle schools	4.3%		6.5	747^th of 752 public middle schools	0.7%	36				1.5						16.1	17.3						12.4	2.1	48.1			48.1							$20,718	$1,428	$19,290
Cadwalader Elementary School	Public	K-3	501 Edgewood Avenue	Trenton	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4850	200	16	12.5	80.0%	3 (1.5%)	121 (60.5%)	69 (34.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (3.0%)	5.4	1300^th of 1331 public elementary schools	2.3%		3.5	1340^th of 1347 public elementary schools	0.5%	40						18.4							8.2																$24,380	$1,684	$22,696
Dr. Crosby Copeland Junior Elementary	Public	K-3	1200 Brunswick Avenue	Trenton	08638	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4690	353	26	13.5	84.1%	2 (0.6%)	191 (54.1%)	145 (41.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)	6.2	1291^st of 1331 public elementary schools	3.0%		3.2	1343^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	0.3%	52						17.8							12.9																$22,949	$1,532	$21,417
Franklin Elementary School	Public	K-3	200 William Street	Trenton	08610	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4720	372	28	13.2	86.8%	5 (1.3%)	45 (12.1%)	313 (84.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	12.2	1198^th of 1331 public elementary schools	10.0%		11.8	1214^th of 1347 public elementary schools	9.9%	16						24.7							22.5																$23,399	$1,666	$21,733
Grant Intermediate School	Public	4-6	159 N Clinton Avenue	Trenton	08609	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4730	610	49	12.5	87.2%	8 (1.3%)	139 (22.8%)	455 (74.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)								(n/a)			2.2				9.0	4.4	10.5					6.0	5.4	3.2													$22,402	$1,948	$20,454
Benjamin C Gregory Elementary School	Public	K-3	500 Rutherford Avenue	Trenton	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4740	311	24	12.9	91.0%	3 (1.0%)	215 (69.1%)	73 (23.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (6.1%)	17.6	1110^th of 1331 public elementary schools	16.6%		10.1	1252^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	7.1%	142						32.3							24.3																$28,091	$2,142	$25,949
Battle Monument Intermediate School	Public	4-6	145 Pennington Avenue	Trenton	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 503-9941	499	32	15.5	87.8%	1 (0.2%)	151 (30.3%)	340 (68.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)								(n/a)			2.0				5.6	10.8	12.3					1.2	4.6	2.3													$18,183	$1,679	$16,504
Gershom Mott Elementary School	Public	K-3	45 Stokely Avenue	Trenton	08611	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4830	375	28	13.3	87.5%	4 (1.1%)	46 (12.3%)	319 (85.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	5.8	1293^rd of 1331 public elementary schools	2.9%		13.1	1198^th of 1347 public elementary schools	11.1%	95						8.9							19.1																$22,822	$1,557	$21,265
Patton J. Hill Elementary School	Public	K-3	1010 East State Street	Trenton	08609	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4980	555	41	13.7	87.2%	5 (0.9%)	116 (20.9%)	424 (76.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	4.2	1318^th of 1331 public elementary schools	1.0%		3	1344^th of 1347 public elementary schools	0.2%	26						10.2							12.6																$22,904	$1,600	$21,304
Clara Parker Intermediate School	Public	4-6	820 South Warren Street	Trenton	08611	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4880	583	40	14.5	88.2%	6 (1.0%)	88 (15.1%)	479 (82.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.4%)								(n/a)			3.1				13.4	6.8	15.5					14.5	9.9	6.5													$19,778	$1,688	$18,090
Carroll Robbins Elementary School	Public	K-3	283 Tyler Street	Trenton	08609	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4910	459	38	12.2	85.2%	6 (1.3%)	38 (8.3%)	405 (88.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	5.2	1303^rd of 1331 public elementary schools	2.1%		6.6	1301^st of 1347 public elementary schools	3.4%	2						14.5							13.0																$22,814	$1,657	$21,157
George Washington Elementary School	Public	K-3	331 Emory Avenue	Trenton	08611	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4960	321	23	13.9	80.1%	4 (1.2%)	16 (5.0%)	296 (92.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	11.3	1219^th of 1331 public elementary schools	8.4%		3.9	1335^th of 1347 public elementary schools	0.9%	116						21.4							23.8																$20,152	$1,560	$18,592
Darlene C. McKnight Elementary	Public	K-3	175 Girard Avenue	Trenton	08638	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4970	350	26	13.7	78.6%	3 (0.9%)	99 (28.3%)	240 (68.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	2.9	1329^th of 1331 public elementary schools	0.2%		2.4	1345^th of 1347 public elementary schools	0.1%	16						8.4							7.2																$25,605	$1,706	$23,899
Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School	Public	4-6	301 Gladstone Ave	Trenton	08629	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4760	668	41	16.2	78.0%	2 (0.3%)	109 (16.3%)	548 (82.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)								(n/a)			1.4				9.3	9.9	13.6					5.9	6.7	7.5													$20,189	$1,708	$18,481
William Harrison Elementary School	Public	K-3	461 Genessee Street	Trenton	08611	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4750	243	20	12.1	88.5%	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	239 (98.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6.3	1290^th of 1331 public elementary schools	3.1%		4	1333^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	1.0%	43						13.3							17.8																$22,062	$1,569	$20,493
Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy	Public	9	500 Perry Street	Trenton	08609	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4900	890	60	14.9	64.7%	8 (0.9%)	273 (30.7%)	601 (67.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)								(n/a)												13.6								3.8		3.8	8.9		8.9	0.0		0.0	$20,362	$1,445	$18,917
Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School	Public	K-3	401 North Montgomery St	Trenton	08638	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4841	468	33	14.1	85.7%	4 (0.9%)	165 (35.3%)	282 (60.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.0%)	2.4	1331^st of 1331 public elementary schools	0.0%		2	1347^th of 1347 public elementary schools	0.0%	16						8.0							4.4																$21,730	$1,709	$20,021
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School	Public	4-6	1300 Stuyvesant Avenue	Trenton	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4800	546	36	15.1	82.2%	6 (1.1%)	317 (58.1%)	209 (38.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.4%)								(n/a)			3.9				10.3	13.7	8.3					15.2	7.1	7.0													$19,536	$1,675	$17,861
Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School	Public	7-8	401-411 Brunswick Ave	Trenton	08638	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4900	650	50	13.1	75.8%	5 (0.8%)	206 (31.7%)	426 (65.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.7%)	7.6	725^th of 743 public middle schools	2.4%		7.8	736^th of 752 public middle schools	2.1%	11				0.0						17.9	18.3						6.3	1.7	17.4			17.4							$22,805	$1,535	$21,270
Joseph Stokes Elementary School	Public	K-3	915 Parkside Avenue	Trenton	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4930	347	27	12.8	82.7%	7 (2.0%)	175 (50.4%)	152 (43.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)	3.9	1323^rd of 1331 public elementary schools	0.6%		3.3	1342^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	0.4%	19						10.7							10.7																$22,464	$1,688	$20,776
Arthur J. Holland Middle School	Public	7-8	1001 West State St	Trenton	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4770	474	39	12.1	82.7%	5 (1.1%)	292 (61.6%)	167 (35.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.5%)	8.4	714^th of 743 public middle schools	3.9%		8.1	733^rd of 752 public middle schools	2.5%	19				1.6						10.7	18.9						5.4	7.2	21.0			21.0							$26,723	$1,443	$25,280
Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School	Public	4-6	1 Whittlesey Road	Trenton	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4660	329	30	11.1	78.4%	3 (0.9%)	205 (62.3%)	113 (34.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)								(n/a)			0.9				8.6	11.5	12.5					3.8	4.4	1.2													$24,280	$1,889	$22,391

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Foundation Academy Charter School	0.79 mi	1
Office Of Educational Services Department Of Corrections	0.96 mi	6
Achievers Early College Prep Charter School	1.08 mi	1	526^th
International Charter School of Trenton	1.28 mi	1	488^th
Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities	1.33 mi	1	513^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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