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

Across Mercer County, New Jersey, 16 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy leads the list at 83.0%, against a median of 48.9% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Mercer County, New Jersey

Top % Proficient (Reading)

83.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

48.9%

BEST IN READING · MERCER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy	Pennington, NJ	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	High	141	83.0%	▲ 1
2	West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South	West Windsor, NJ	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District	High	1,627	81.4%	▲ 1
3	Princeton High School	PRINCETON, NJ	Princeton Public School District	High	1,518	75.4%	▲ 2
4	Robbinsville High School	ROBBINSVILLE, NJ	Robbinsville Public School District	High	1,046	71.8%	no change
5	Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy	Trenton, NJ	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	High	137	68.4%	▼ 4
6	Hopewell Valley Central High School	PENNINGTON, NJ	Hopewell Valley Regional School District	High	1,068	65.5%	no change
7	Lawrence High School	LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ	Lawrence Township Public School District	High	1,225	50.5%	no change
8	Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy	Pennington, NJ	Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County	High	111	50.0%	no change
9	Achievers Early College Prep Charter School	Trenton, NJ	Achievers Early College Prep Charter School	High	543	47.7%	▲ 1
10	Hightstown High School	HIGHTSTOWN, NJ	East Windsor Regional School District	High	1,616	37.8%	▼ 1
11	Hamilton East - Steinert	HAMILTON, NJ	Hamilton Township Public School District	High	1,437	33.5%	no change
12	Trenton STEM-to-Civics Charter School	Ewing, NJ	Trenton STEM-to-Civics Charter School	High	562	28.7%	▲ 3
13	Hamilton North - Nottingham	HAMILTON, NJ	Hamilton Township Public School District	High	1,147	24.8%	no change
14	Ewing High School	EWING, NJ	Ewing Township School District	High	1,118	23.4%	no change
15	Hamilton West-Watson	HAMILTON, NJ	Hamilton Township Public School District	High	1,408	19.7%	▼ 3
16	Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy	Trenton, NJ	Trenton Public School District	High	890	10.5%	—

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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