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Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy

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Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy ranks 75 th of 434 New Jersey high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

75^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 434 New Jersey High Schools

Better than 83% of New Jersey high schools

Summary

Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy is a public high school in Pennington, New Jersey, serving 125 students in grades 9-12. As part of the Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County, the school consistently outperforms the district and the state of New Jersey in academic assessments, particularly in STEM-related subjects.

The school's strong performance extends to specific student subgroups, with male students ranking 12th out of 426 New Jersey high schools and Hispanic students ranking 45th out of 406 high schools, both with high ratings. Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy also boasts impressive graduation rates, ranging from 91.1% to 100% in recent years, and low dropout rates. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.9% to 16.9%, are higher than the state average, suggesting an area for potential improvement.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Capital City High School and Trenton Central High School - Main Campus, Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy outperforms them in academic assessments and other key metrics. However, it lags behind higher-performing schools like Hopewell Valley Central High School and Lawrence High School in some areas.

141

Students ?

21.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$4,422

Per pupil spending ?

39.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

129 Bull Run Road
Pennington, NJ 08534

(609) 737-9784

District: Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

46.8%

White:

22.7%

Asian:

15.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 79th percentile in 2019 → 83rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Jersey average (63% vs 43% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 17% of New Jersey high schools

✓100% graduate in 4 years — above the New Jersey average (89%)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school63%

District avg42%

New Jersey avg43%

75^th of 434

New Jersey public high schools ?

Top 17%▲ up 3 pts since 2019

From top 21% (2019) to top 17% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3High Schools in the Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County

315^th of 609Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County 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
2025	73.5	75 of 434	82.7%	★★★★☆
2024	86.3	31 of 429	92.8%	★★★★★
2023	69.5	79 of 422	81.3%	★★★★☆
2022	65.5	87 of 415	79.0%	★★★★☆
2021	79.9	36 of 405	91.1%	★★★★★
2019	67.4	86 of 416	79.3%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	81.4	45 of 406	88.9%	★★★★☆
2024	97.1	9 of 403	97.8%	★★★★★
2023	79.0	41 of 385	89.4%	★★★★☆
2022	81.3	37 of 382	90.3%	★★★★★
2021	96.6	13 of 374	96.5%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	84.8	23 of 377	93.9%	★★★★★
2019	86.3	16 of 347	95.4%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	93.1	12 of 426	97.2%	★★★★★
2024	77.0	51 of 419	87.8%	★★★★☆
2023	82.8	32 of 414	92.3%	★★★★★
2019	87.3	23 of 407	94.3%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2019	52.6	123 of 339	63.7%	★★★☆☆

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)

Male (2025)97th percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)94th percentile+11 vs school

Hispanic (2025)89th percentile+6 vs school

White (2019)64th percentile-16 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts83%+33 vs state

Mathematics82%+24 vs state

Science59%+28 vs state

Geometry52%-4 vs state

Algebra I44%+12 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 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
MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center	Public	11-12	129 Bull Run Road	Pennington	08534	Mercer County	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 737-9784	21	18	1.2	52.4%	8 (38.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (57.1%)	1 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$11,242	$843	$10,399
Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy	Public	9-12	129 Bull Run Road	Pennington	08534	Mercer County	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 737-9784	111	7	16.0	64.9%	19 (17.1%)	19 (17.1%)	73 (65.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35.9	285^th of 434 public high schools	34.3%		31.8	297^th of 429 public high schools	30.8%	12	84.0	46.2		3.8				50.0				3.6		3.6							$6,008		$6,008
Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy	Public	9-12	129 Bull Run Road	Pennington	08534	Mercer County	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 737-9784	141	6	21.9	39.7%	32 (22.7%)	19 (13.5%)	66 (46.8%)	22 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	73.5	75^th of 434 public high schools	82.7%		86.3	31^st of 429 public high schools	92.8%	44		82.4		58.8				83.0				43.5		43.5	52.1		52.1				$4,422		$4,422
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
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
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
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)
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)
Hopewell Valley Central High School	Public	9-12	259 Pennington Titusville Rd	Pennington	08534	Mercer County	Hopewell Valley Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 737-4003	1,068	105	10.1	6.1%	741 (69.4%)	41 (3.8%)	73 (6.8%)	165 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (4.1%)	73.5	76^th of 434 public high schools	82.5%		72.7	88^th of 429 public high schools	79.5%	12		85.6		61.0				65.5				42.3		42.1	87.5	30.5	51.7	90.6	75.3	79.1	$11,670		$11,670
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

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