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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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
668
+57 (+9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 12.6:1
% White
0%
was 0%
% Hispanic
82%
was 57%
% Black
16%
was 41%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School
Located at 301 GLADSTONE AVE, in TRENTON, New Jersey, Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School is a medium-sized junior high that enrolls 668 students (grades 4 through 6), run under Trenton Public School District.
Across the 25 schools in Trenton Public School District (13,549 students total), Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School records that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 16% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Mercer County (around 48%), the school's rate is north of typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 23.5%; actual is 5.7%, a gap of -17.8 points.
In the area at large, Mercer County reports that median household earnings sit near $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Mercer County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), of which Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Paul S. Robeson Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 12.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School has expanded 9%, going from 611 students in 2018 to 668 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 41% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.
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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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