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What do students at Holland Middle School actually talk about outside of class?
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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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
About Arthur J. Holland Middle School
As a compact intermediate school in Trenton, New Jersey, Arthur J. Holland Middle School educates 474 students from grades 7 through 8, run under Trenton Public School District.
Trenton Public School District runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 13,549 students. Arthur J. Holland Middle School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Arthur J. Holland Middle School reports that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 35% Hispanic. By comparison, Mercer County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Arthur J. Holland Middle School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Arthur J. Holland Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Mercer County's rate of about 48%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Arthur J. Holland Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.9%, the actual is 6.5%, a residual of -14.4 points.
In the broader community, census data for Mercer County shows median household earnings sit near $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Mercer County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), of which Arthur J. Holland Middle School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Arthur J. Holland Middle School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 13.5%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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.