Carroll Robbins Elementary School

Carroll Robbins Elementary School is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in TRENTON, New Jersey, operated by Trenton Public School District, educateing 459 students in grades K through 3.

Within Trenton Public School District, which oversees 25 schools and 13,549 students, Carroll Robbins Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Carroll Robbins Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%); the rest consists of 8% Black. By comparison, Mercer County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Carroll Robbins Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Mercer County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Carroll Robbins Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.5%; this one delivers 12.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Mercer County shows median household income runs about $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), Carroll Robbins Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Achievers Early College Prep Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carroll Robbins Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 9.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Carroll Robbins Elementary School's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 544 (now 459). Black enrollment moved from 16% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Carroll Robbins Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.