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Enrollment
474
Middle
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341629006144
Arthur J. Holland Middle School
1001 West State St, Trenton, NJ 08618 · (609) 656-4770 · Mercer County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
392 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 282 | 59% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 41% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
9.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
8.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.5% | 8.5% |
| 2023-24 | 6.5% | 5.6% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
6.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arthur J. Holland Middle School
Arthur J. Holland Middle School's state test result (6.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur J. Holland Middle School this school | 474 | 82.7% | 6.5% |
| Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School Trenton | 546 | 82.2% | 4.9% |
| Salem Middle School SALEM | 472 | 80.1% | 9.3% |
| Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School Trenton | 329 | 78.4% | 2.7% |
| James A Cotten Intermediate School Willingboro | 542 | 73.4% | 12.0% |
| University Middle School IRVINGTON | 719 | 76.8% | 14.4% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arthur J. Holland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.5% | #425 of 433 | #15 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #415 of 437 ▲ 6 | #12 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #431 of 437 ▲ 2 | #15 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #273 of 445 | #19 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #334 of 417 | #10 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #260 of 419 | #12 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #21 of 436 | #4 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 474 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 83% (392) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 36 | 12.4:1 | 61% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 41 | 12.5:1 | 61% (314) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arthur J. Holland Middle School.
About Arthur J. Holland Middle School
Arthur J. Holland Middle School is a public middle school in Trenton, New Jersey. Classes run from 7 through 8, and the school has 474 students.
Trenton Public School District operates 25 schools. Combined enrollment is 13,549 students.
At 62%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Arthur J. Holland Middle School combined. It is also 35% Hispanic. Mercer County's residents are about 19% Black, 43 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Arthur J. Holland Middle School comes in at 50%.
The teaching staff at Arthur J. Holland Middle School is 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.2:1. That ratio is over the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 83%. On average, public schools in Mercer County report 48%.
Arthur J. Holland Middle School is 14.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (6.5% versus 20.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
County data help place the school in context: in Mercer County, median household income is about $100,645, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Arthur J. Holland Middle School is among the 110 public schools in Mercer County.
The school nearest to Arthur J. Holland Middle School is Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Arthur J. Holland Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Arthur J. Holland Middle School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Trenton Public School District
- Trenton Central High School - Main CampusHigh · 2,097 students
- Trenton Central High School-9th Grade AcademyHigh · 890 students
- Capital City High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Grace A Dunn Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Dr. Martin Luther King Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
Other schools in Trenton
- Trenton Central High School - Main CampusHigh · 2,097 students
- Foundation Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,155 students
- Trenton Central High School-9th Grade AcademyHigh · 890 students
- Capital City High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Grace A Dunn Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 668 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School0.7 mi · 329
- Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School0.7 mi · 546
- Cadwalader Elementary School0.7 mi · 200
- Benjamin C Gregory Elementary School0.8 mi · 311
- Joseph Stokes Elementary School0.9 mi · 347
- The Village Charter School0.9 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About Arthur J. Holland Middle SchoolHow many students attend Arthur J. Holland Middle School?
Arthur J. Holland Middle School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Arthur J. Holland Middle School serve?
Arthur J. Holland Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arthur J. Holland Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arthur J. Holland Middle School is approximately 12.2:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arthur J. Holland Middle School?
At Arthur J. Holland Middle School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 35% Hispanic, 62% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Arthur J. Holland Middle School public or private?
Arthur J. Holland Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Trenton Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.