Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341629003234
Gershom Mott Elementary School
45 STOKELY AVENUE, TRENTON, NJ 08611 · (609) 656-4830 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
328 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 | 90 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 29% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 22% |
Student demographics
26%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
21.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +14.1pp since 2023
Math
24.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.7% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 7.6% | 15.4% |
% 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
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Gershom Mott Elementary School
Gershom Mott Elementary School's state test result (17.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gershom Mott Elementary School this school | 375 | 87.5% | 17.4% |
| Franklin Elementary School TRENTON | 372 | 86.8% | 16.4% |
| Washington Avenue Elementary School PLEASANTVILLE | 432 | 88.2% | 14.9% |
| Clinton Elementary School PLAINFIELD | 386 | 83.9% | 18.7% |
| Charles H. Stillman Elementary School PLAINFIELD | 317 | 87.4% | 16.2% |
| Brilla New Jersey Charter School PATERSON | 362 | 81.5% | 11.1% |
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 Gershom Mott Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #1,166 of 1,290 | #42 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #1,072 of 1,319 ▲ 103 | #37 of 56 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #1,215 of 1,319 ▲ 89 | #42 of 56 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #785 of 1,562 | #25 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,155 of 1,390 | #46 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #1,258 of 1,392 | #53 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #90 of 1,481 | #5 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #717 of 798 | #27 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
375
-124 (-25%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 375 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 87% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 30 | 12.2:1 | 57% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 62% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 51% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 92% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 90% (357) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 74% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 24 | 13.4:1 | 81% (259) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 17 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gershom Mott Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (385 to 375); teachers up 8% (26 to 28).
About Gershom Mott Elementary School
Gershom Mott Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in TRENTON, New Jersey. It covers kindergarten through 3, with a total enrollment of 375 students.
Across its 25 schools, Trenton Public School District enrolls 13,549 students. Gershom Mott Elementary School is one of those schools.
The large majority of students at Gershom Mott Elementary School, 85%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 12% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 62 points above the 23% share among Mercer County residents. Gershom Mott Elementary School has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 13.4 students per teacher and 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, lower than at this school. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Mercer County is 39 points.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Gershom Mott Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 17.4% actual against 18.3% predicted.
Federal survey data for Mercer County show that median household income is about $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gershom Mott Elementary School is among the 110 public schools in Mercer County.
The closest other public school is International Charter School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Gershom Mott Elementary School's average proficiency of 17.4% compares with 15.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Gershom Mott Elementary School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The number of students dropped from 499 to 375 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 13.4 students per teacher, compared with 15.6 in 2020-21.
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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
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- Capital City High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Grace A Dunn Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 668 students
Nearby schools
- International Charter School0.5 mi · 108
- William Harrison Elementary School0.6 mi · 243
- Grace A Dunn Middle School0.7 mi · 703
- Lalor Elementary School0.8 mi · 351
- Clara Parker Intermediate School0.8 mi · 583
- George Washington Elementary School0.9 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Gershom Mott Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gershom Mott Elementary School?
Gershom Mott Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Gershom Mott Elementary School serve?
Gershom Mott Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many teachers does Gershom Mott Elementary School have?
Gershom Mott Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is Gershom Mott Elementary School?
Gershom Mott Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 85% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Gershom Mott Elementary School?
Gershom Mott Elementary School is overseen by Trenton Public School District in Mercer County.
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