Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy

Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy is a senior high of one-room-style scale in Trenton, New Jersey, operated by Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County, instructing 137 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 85% leaner than typical.

Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 506 students. Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 25% Asian, 18% Black, 11% White, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.2%, the actual is 49.4%, a residual of +9.2 points.

Across the wider county, Mercer County reports that the typical household earns roughly $100,645 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy is one campus in the mix.

MCVS Assunpink Shared Time Center/Rubino is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 22%: 112 students in 2018 compared to 137 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 24% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

On this page, members of the Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.