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The highest-poverty public high schools in Mercer County, New Jersey

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public high schools in Mercer County, New Jersey, drawn from 19 qualifying public high schools. Achievers Early College Prep Charter School leads the list at 78.3%, against a median of 47.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Mercer County, New Jersey

Top % FRL

78.3%

Median % FRL

47.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MERCER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Achievers Early College Prep Charter School	Trenton, NJ	Achievers Early College Prep Charter School	High	543	78.3%
2	Trenton Central High School - Main Campus	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	High	2,097	70.9%
3	Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy	Pennington, NJ	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	High	111	64.9%
4	Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	High	890	64.7%
5	Hamilton West-Watson	HAMILTON, NJ	Hamilton Township Public School District	High	1,408	59.7%
6	Hamilton North - Nottingham	HAMILTON, NJ	Hamilton Township Public School District	High	1,147	57.0%
7	Ewing High School	EWING, NJ	Ewing Township School District	High	1,118	56.5%
8	Capital City High School	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	High	756	56.1%
9	Mercer High School	Hamilton, NJ	Mercer County Special Services School District	High	200	49.5%
10	Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy	Trenton, NJ	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	High	137	47.4%
11	Hightstown High School	HIGHTSTOWN, NJ	East Windsor Regional School District	High	1,616	47.4%
12	Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy	Pennington, NJ	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	High	141	39.7%
13	Lawrence High School	LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ	Lawrence Township Public School District	High	1,225	37.3%
14	Hamilton East - Steinert	HAMILTON, NJ	Hamilton Township Public School District	High	1,437	36.6%
15	Trenton STEM-to-Civics Charter School	Ewing, NJ	Trenton STEM-to-Civics Charter School	High	562	24.6%
16	Princeton High School	PRINCETON, NJ	Princeton Public School District	High	1,518	13.8%
17	West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South	West Windsor, NJ	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	High	1,627	9.3%
18	Robbinsville High School	ROBBINSVILLE, NJ	Robbinsville Public School District	High	1,046	7.2%
19	Hopewell Valley Central High School	PENNINGTON, NJ	Hopewell Valley Regional School District	High	1,068	6.1%

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