Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341629003216
Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary
1200 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, TRENTON, NJ 08638 · (609) 656-4690 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
297 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 89 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 24% |
Student demographics
54%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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
4.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
9.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 5 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 down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 4.9% | 9.4% |
| 2023-24 | 8.2% | 9.9% |
% 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
8.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% 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 Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary
Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary's state test result (8.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary this school | 353 | 84.1% | 8.1% |
| Joseph Stokes Elementary School Trenton | 347 | 82.7% | 8.5% |
| Bradley Elementary School ASBURY PARK | 345 | 81.4% | 8.9% |
| Martin Center for the Arts JERSEY CITY | 359 | 84.4% | 10.1% |
| Ola Edwards Community School HILLSIDE | 391 | 82.9% | 34.3% |
| South 17th Street School NEWARK | 368 | 90.8% | 21.6% |
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 Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.1% | #1,268 of 1,290 | #51 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #1,269 of 1,319 ▼ 16 | #51 of 56 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 4.9% | #1,313 of 1,319 ▼ 11 | #51 of 56 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #886 of 1,562 | #30 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,183 of 1,390 | #48 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #699 of 1,392 | #34 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.1% | #144 of 1,481 | #10 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #513 of 798 | #20 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
353
-32 (-8%) vs 2020
+182% since 1990-91, when it was 125
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 353 | 26 | 13.6:1 | 84% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 52% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 18 | 16.4:1 | 74% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 42% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 85% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 32 | 11.9:1 | 91% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 228 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 70% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 245 | 23 | 10.7:1 | 82% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 125 | 21 | 6.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (382 to 353); teachers down 16% (31 to 26).
About Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary
Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary is an elementary school in TRENTON, New Jersey, reachable at (609) 656-4690. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 3, with 353 students enrolled.
Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary is one of the 25 schools that make up Trenton Public School District (13,549 students in total).
Black students account for 54% of enrollment at Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary. Enrollment also includes 41% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The school's Black share is 36 points above the 19% share among Mercer County residents. By the diversity index, Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary comes in at 54%.
The school reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.6 students per teacher. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 84%. Across public schools in Mercer County, the average is 48%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 20.1% for Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary. The school posts 8.1%, 12.0 points below the prediction.
In the county around the school, Mercer County, median household income is about $100,645, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary is among the 110 public schools in Mercer County.
The closest public school, Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities, is about 0.4 miles from Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary saw enrollment fall 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities0.4 mi · 545
- Darlene C. McKnight Elementary0.5 mi · 350
- Slackwood Elementary School0.7 mi · 251
- Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School1.0 mi · 650
- Patton J. Hill Elementary School1.1 mi · 555
- Grant Intermediate School1.3 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr ElementaryHow many students attend Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary?
Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary enrolls approximately 353 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary serve?
Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary serves grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary have?
Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary?
At Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 41% Hispanic, 54% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary public or private?
Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Trenton Public School District.
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