TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL

TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of modestly sized scale in TRENTON, Florida, run under GILCHRIST, enrolling 701 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 32% smaller than the state mean of about 1,035.

TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by GILCHRIST, a district that works with 2,858 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder comes out to 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

In terms of school funding signals, TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.3%.

Around the school, census data for Gilchrist County shows median household earnings sit near $63,523, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Gilchrist County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,858 students), of which TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is GILCHRIST VIRTUAL FRANCHISE, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 646 (now 701). Over the same period, the White share fell from 81% to 76%.

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