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

Across Mercer County, New Jersey, 21 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Clara Parker Intermediate School leads the list at 88.2%, against a median of 64.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Mercer County, New Jersey

Top % FRL

88.2%

Median % FRL

64.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MERCER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Clara Parker Intermediate School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	583	88.2%
2	Battle Monument Intermediate School	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	499	87.8%
3	Grant Intermediate School	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	610	87.2%
4	Arthur J. Holland Middle School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	474	82.7%
5	Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	546	82.2%
6	Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	329	78.4%
7	Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	668	78.0%
8	Grace A Dunn Middle School	TRENTON, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	703	77.1%
9	Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	Middle	650	75.8%
10	Richard C Crockett Middle School	HAMILTON, NJ	Hamilton Township Public School District	Middle	834	64.7%
11	Albert E Grice Middle School	HAMILTON, NJ	Hamilton Township Public School District	Middle	991	64.0%
12	Gilmore J Fisher Middle School	EWING, NJ	Ewing Township School District	Middle	789	60.1%
13	Melvin H. Kreps Middle School	EAST WINDSOR, NJ	East Windsor Regional School District	Middle	1,160	48.2%
14	Mercer Elementary School	Hamilton, NJ	Mercer County Special Services School District	Middle	141	43.3%
15	Emily C. Reynolds Middle School	HAMILTON, NJ	Hamilton Township Public School District	Middle	966	42.2%
16	Lawrence Intermediate School	LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ	Lawrence Township Public School District	Middle	775	38.2%
17	Lawrence Middle School	LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ	Lawrence Township Public School District	Middle	584	37.7%
18	Princeton Middle School	PRINCETON, NJ	Princeton Public School District	Middle	794	13.6%
19	Pond Road Middle School	ROBBINSVILLE, NJ	Robbinsville Public School District	Middle	1,022	10.1%
20	Thomas R Grover Middle School	West Windsor, NJ	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	Middle	1,183	8.6%
21	Timberlane Middle School	PENNINGTON, NJ	Hopewell Valley Regional School District	Middle	803	6.6%

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