MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center

Located at 129 BULL RUN ROAD, in PENNINGTON, New Jersey, MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center is a very small senior high that serves 21 students (grades 11 through 12), part of Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 98% below typical.

Across the 5 schools in Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County (506 students total), MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center logs that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 38% White, 5% Asian. By comparison, Mercer County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 1.2:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Mercer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $100,645 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center is one campus in the mix.

Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center has ticked up 91%, going from 11 students in 2018 to 21 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 18% to 57%.

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