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Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341629003242
Carroll Robbins Elementary School
283 TYLER STREET, TRENTON, NJ 08609 · (609) 656-4910 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
391 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 109 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 27% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 24% |
Student demographics
21%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
7.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
20.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 7.6% | 20.2% |
| 2023-24 | 8.8% | 14.7% |
% 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
12.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Carroll Robbins Elementary School
Carroll Robbins Elementary School's state test result (12.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Robbins Elementary School this school | 459 | 85.2% | 12.8% |
| Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary School PLAINFIELD | 423 | 83.2% | 19.6% |
| SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Newark | 516 | 87.0% | 20.1% |
| Greater Brunswick Charter School NEW BRUNSWICK | 397 | 83.1% | 23.1% |
| Jefferson Elementary School PLAINFIELD | 383 | 82.5% | 19.2% |
| Washington Avenue Elementary School PLEASANTVILLE | 432 | 88.2% | 14.9% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary 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 Carroll Robbins Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #1,224 of 1,290 | #47 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #1,150 of 1,319 ▲ 37 | #42 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #1,309 of 1,319 ▼ 8 | #48 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #520 of 1,562 | #18 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #939 of 1,390 | #37 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.4% | #1,295 of 1,392 | #54 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #126 of 1,481 | #9 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #266 of 798 | #6 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
459
-85 (-16%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 459 | 37.5 | 12.2:1 | 85% (391) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 37 | 12.4:1 | 54% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 39 | 10.6:1 | 68% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 45% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 93% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 95% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 29 | 13.6:1 | 77% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 85% (421) |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 25 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carroll Robbins Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (544 to 459); teachers down 4% (39 to 37.5).
About Carroll Robbins Elementary School
Federal records list Carroll Robbins Elementary School as an elementary school in TRENTON, New Jersey. Students in kindergarten through 3 make up the school's enrollment of 459 students.
Carroll Robbins Elementary School is in Trenton Public School District, a district with 13,549 students across 25 schools.
Of every 100 students at Carroll Robbins Elementary School, about 88 are Hispanic. Other students are 8% Black. That is higher than the 23% Hispanic share among all Mercer County residents. A diversity index of 21% means there is a 21% chance two randomly chosen students at Carroll Robbins Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Carroll Robbins Elementary School, giving a ratio of 12.2:1. The school's 12.2:1 compares with an average of 11.4:1 for elementary schools in New Jersey. By family income, 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 48% average for public schools in Mercer County.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Carroll Robbins Elementary School's results are 6.7 points below predicted: 12.8% against 19.5%.
In the surrounding county, Mercer County, the median household earns about $100,645 a year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Carroll Robbins Elementary School, Mercer County has 110 public schools.
Achievers Early College Prep Charter School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Carroll Robbins Elementary School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 16% decline, from 544 to 459. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.7:1 to 12.2:1.
The allk12 page for Carroll Robbins Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Achievers Early College Prep Charter School0.4 mi · 543
- Trenton Central High School - Main Campus0.4 mi · 2,097
- George Washington Elementary School0.5 mi · 321
- Grant Intermediate School0.6 mi · 610
- William Harrison Elementary School0.7 mi · 243
- Capital City High School0.7 mi · 756
Frequently asked questions
About Carroll Robbins Elementary SchoolHow large is Carroll Robbins Elementary School?
Carroll Robbins Elementary School enrolls approximately 459 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Carroll Robbins Elementary School serve?
Carroll Robbins Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
How many students per teacher at Carroll Robbins Elementary School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Carroll Robbins Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Carroll Robbins Elementary School?
Student demographics at Carroll Robbins Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Carroll Robbins Elementary School in?
Carroll Robbins Elementary School is part of Trenton Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.