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Enrollment
668
Middle
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341629003267
Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School
301 GLADSTONE AVE, TRENTON, NJ 08629 · (609) 656-4760 · Mercer County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL668 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
521 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 226 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 241 | 36% |
| Grade 6 | 201 | 30% |
Student demographics
30%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
8.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
5.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.8% | 5.7% |
| 2023-24 | 7.0% | 3.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
5.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 6% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 23% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School
Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School's state test result (5.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School this school | 668 | 78.0% | 5.7% |
| Maxson Middle School PLAINFIELD | 721 | 76.7% | 16.8% |
| Grace A Dunn Middle School TRENTON | 703 | 77.1% | 7.0% |
| Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School VINELAND | 695 | 75.4% | 13.1% |
| North Plainfield Middle School North Plainfield | 538 | 78.6% | 21.7% |
| Somerset School North Plainfield | 485 | 82.1% | 18.5% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 5.7% | #428 of 433 | #16 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.7% | #428 of 437 ▲ 3 | #14 of 20 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #432 of 437 ▼ 1 | #16 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 668 | #143 of 445 | #12 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #413 of 417 | #20 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.0% | #379 of 419 | #19 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.0% | #44 of 436 | #7 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.3% | #55 of 122 | #5 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
668
-52 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 668 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 78% (521) |
| 2023-24 | 639 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 58% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 54% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | 53 | 13.6:1 | 61% (440) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 48.7 | 12.6:1 | 93% (568) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 39 | 12.1:1 | 92% (433) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (611 to 668); teachers down 16% (48.7 to 41).
About Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School
Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School is a medium-sized middle school with an address in TRENTON, New Jersey. The latest federal count shows 668 students in grades 4 through 6.
Enrollment across the 25 schools in Trenton Public School District totals 13,549 students.
About 82% of the student body at Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 16% Black. That compares with about 23% Hispanic among all Mercer County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 30% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.3:1, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School is 78%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Mercer County, the school's rate is higher.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School scores 17.8 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 5.7%; the prediction is 23.5%.
In the county around the school, Mercer County, the median household income is $100,645, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Mercer County is home to 110 public schools and about 58,647 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Paul S. Robeson Elementary School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School. On proficiency, Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School is behind the 12.2% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
Federal data place Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 52 students since 2020-21, to 668. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 16.3:1, from 13.6:1.
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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
- Dr. Martin Luther King Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Grant Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 610 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
- Dr. Martin Luther King Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
Nearby schools
- Paul S. Robeson Elementary School0.0 mi · 390
- Trenton Central High School - Main Campus0.4 mi · 2,097
- Patton J. Hill Elementary School0.4 mi · 555
- Kuser Elementary School0.6 mi · 512
- Carroll Robbins Elementary School0.8 mi · 459
- Achievers Early College Prep Charter School0.9 mi · 543
Frequently asked questions
About Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolHow large is Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School?
Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School enrolls approximately 668 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School serve?
Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School is approximately 16.3:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School?
At Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 82% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School in?
Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School is part of Trenton Public School District.
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