Enrollment
111
High
DISTRICT 101 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AREA VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OF MERCER COUNTY·NCES 340995003410
Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy
129 Bull Run Road, Pennington, NJ 08534 · (609) 737-9784 · Mercer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL111 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of New Jersey public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
72 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 34 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 24 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 28 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 25 | 23% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
50.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -14.0pp since 2023
Math
3.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -21.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 50 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 down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 21 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 3.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy
Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy this school | 111 | 64.9% | 28.3% |
| Paterson P-TECH High School PATERSON | 193 | 54.4% | 21.1% |
| Pinnacle Academy High School PLAINFIELD | 67 | 74.6% | N/A |
| Wildwood High School WILDWOOD | 261 | 71.3% | 15.5% |
| Perth Amboy Magnet School PERTH AMBOY | 269 | 74.3% | 38.9% |
| Bayonne Alternative High School Bayonne | 109 | 56.0% | N/A |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #265 of 397 | #10 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.6% | #381 of 400 ▼ 156 | #16 of 18 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #214 of 395 ▼ 51 | #8 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 111 | #405 of 442 | #19 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #89 of 405 | #3 of 19 |
Ranked against other public high 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
111
+50 (+82%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 111 | 6.9 | 16.1:1 | 65% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 107 | 7.3 | 14.8:1 | 42% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 109 | 6.3 | 17.2:1 | 34% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 61 | 5 | 12.2:1 | 30% (18) |
| 2017-18 | 31 | 2.9 | 10.9:1 | 45% (14) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 258% (31 to 111); teachers up 142% (2.9 to 6.9).
About Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy
Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy is classified as a high school. It is located in Pennington, New Jersey. There are 111 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 88% below the average for high schools in New Jersey.
Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County is made up of 5 schools with 506 students in all.
The student body at Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy is 66% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 17% White and 17% Black. Among all residents of Mercer County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy are from different groups.
Teacher count: 6.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.1:1. The average for high schools in New Jersey, 12.7:1, is lower. Roughly 65% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Mercer County is 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy lands at B-, ahead of 46% of New Jersey public high schools.
Test results at Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy are 2.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (28.3% actual, 30.7% predicted).
Mercer County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $100,645 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy shares Mercer County with 109 other public schools.
Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy's closest public school neighbor is Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy is behind the 48.2% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21 count was 61 students and the 2024-25 count was 111. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. By 2024-25, the school had 16.1 students per teacher, compared with 12.2 in 2020-21.
Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County
- Mercer County Technical School STEM AcademyHigh · 141 students
- Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences AcademyHigh · 137 students
- MCVS Assunpink Shared Time Center/RubinoHigh · 96 students
- MCVS Arthur R. Sypek CenterHigh · 21 students
Other schools in Pennington
- Hopewell Valley Central High SchoolHigh · 1,068 students
- Timberlane Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Stony Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Toll Gate Grammar SchoolElementary · 299 students
- Mercer County Technical School STEM AcademyHigh · 141 students
- MCVS Arthur R. Sypek CenterHigh · 21 students
Nearby schools
- Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy0.0 mi · 141
- MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center0.0 mi · 21
- William L Antheil Elementary School1.0 mi · 746
- Stony Brook Elementary School1.4 mi · 395
- Gilmore J Fisher Middle School1.6 mi · 789
- Lawrence Intermediate School1.8 mi · 775
Frequently asked questions
About Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts AcademyHow large is Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy?
Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy enrolls approximately 111 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy serve?
Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy is approximately 16.1:1 (7 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy?
Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy reports a student body of 17% White, 66% Hispanic, 17% Black.
Who oversees Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy?
Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy is overseen by Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County in Mercer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.