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The public high schools with the most Black students in Mercer County, New Jersey

21 public high schools in Mercer County, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Trenton Central High School - Main Campus leads the list at 652, against a median of 89 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
21
Mercer County, New Jersey
Top Black students
652
Median Black students
89
MOST BLACK (COUNT) · MERCER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrictStudents% BlackBlack students
1Trenton Central High School - Main CampusTRENTON, NJTrenton Public School District2,09731.1%652
2Ewing High SchoolEWING, NJEwing Township School District1,11847.3%529
3Trenton STEM-to-Civics Charter SchoolEwing, NJTrenton STEM-to-Civics Charter School56265.7%369
4Hamilton North - NottinghamHAMILTON, NJHamilton Township Public School District1,14726.4%303
5Trenton Central High School-9th Grade AcademyTrenton, NJTrenton Public School District89030.7%273
6Hamilton West-WatsonHAMILTON, NJHamilton Township Public School District1,40818.6%262
7Lawrence High SchoolLAWRENCEVILLE, NJLawrence Township Public School District1,22515.5%190
8Capital City High SchoolTRENTON, NJTrenton Public School District75622.1%167
9Hamilton East - SteinertHAMILTON, NJHamilton Township Public School District1,43711.2%161
10Hightstown High SchoolHIGHTSTOWN, NJEast Windsor Regional School District1,6169.5%153
11Princeton High SchoolPRINCETON, NJPrinceton Public School District1,5185.9%89
12West Windsor-Plainsboro High School SouthWest Windsor, NJWest Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District1,6275.0%82
13Mercer High SchoolHamilton, NJMercer County Special Services School District20039.0%78
14MCVS Assunpink Shared Time Center/RubinoTrenton, NJArea Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County9668.8%66
15Achievers Early College Prep Charter SchoolTrenton, NJAchievers Early College Prep Charter School5439.0%49
16Hopewell Valley Central High SchoolPENNINGTON, NJHopewell Valley Regional School District1,0683.8%41
17Robbinsville High SchoolROBBINSVILLE, NJRobbinsville Public School District1,0462.8%29
18Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences AcademyTrenton, NJArea Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County13717.5%24
19Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts AcademyPennington, NJArea Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County11117.1%19
20Mercer County Technical School STEM AcademyPennington, NJArea Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County14113.5%19
21Marie H Katzenbach Middle/High SchoolTrenton, NJMarie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf3321.2%7
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