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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
546
Middle
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341629006141
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School
1300 Stuyvesant Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08618 · (609) 656-4800 · Mercer County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
449 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 | 169 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 199 | 36% |
| Grade 6 | 178 | 33% |
Student demographics
52%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% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
3.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.2pp 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 4 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.8% | 3.5% |
| 2023-24 | 6.3% | 3.7% |
% 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
4.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 21% 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 Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School's state test result (4.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School this school | 546 | 82.2% | 4.9% |
| Arthur J. Holland Middle School Trenton | 474 | 82.7% | 6.5% |
| University Middle School IRVINGTON | 719 | 76.8% | 14.4% |
| Salem Middle School SALEM | 472 | 80.1% | 9.3% |
| Union Avenue Middle School IRVINGTON | 735 | 79.9% | 23.1% |
| James A Cotten Intermediate School Willingboro | 542 | 73.4% | 12.0% |
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 Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 4.9% | #431 of 433 | #18 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.5% | #434 of 437 ▼ 4 | #17 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #433 of 437 ▲ 1 | #17 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #221 of 445 | #17 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #404 of 417 | #18 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #249 of 419 | #10 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.2% | #23 of 436 | #5 of 21 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 546 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 82% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 36 | 14.7:1 | 62% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 67% (332) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School.
About Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School
In Trenton, New Jersey, Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School is a mid-sized middle school. Enrollment totals 546 students across grades 4 through 6.
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School is one of the 25 schools that make up Trenton Public School District (13,549 students in total).
Black students are 58% of those enrolled at Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School. Beyond that, enrollment is 38% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. In Mercer County overall, about 19% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School, there are about 15.2 students; the school has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is 10.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 449 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 82% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Mercer County is 48%.
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School is a bottom-10% school in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 4.9% against a predicted 21.1%.
The school is in Mercer County, where the median household earns about $100,645 a year, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Mercer County, 110 public schools serve about 58,647 students.
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School's nearest public school is Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
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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
- Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School0.1 mi · 329
- Joseph Stokes Elementary School0.5 mi · 347
- Parkway Elementary School0.7 mi · 418
- Arthur J. Holland Middle School0.7 mi · 474
- The Village Charter School0.8 mi · 361
- Ewing High School0.9 mi · 1,118
Frequently asked questions
About Joyce Kilmer Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School?
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School enrolls approximately 546 students in grades 04-06.
Is Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
How many teachers does Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School have?
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School are roughly 1% White, 38% Hispanic, 58% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School?
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School is overseen by Trenton Public School District in Mercer County.
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