Enrollment
137
High
DISTRICT 101 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AREA VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OF MERCER COUNTY·NCES 340995003409
Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy
1085 Old Trenton Road, Trenton, NJ 08690 · (609) 586-5144 · Mercer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL137 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of New Jersey public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.8:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
65 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 | 39 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 35 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 34 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 29 | 21% |
Student demographics
74%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
68.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -31.6pp since 2023
Math
3.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -46.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 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 32 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 46 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.4% | 3.8% |
| 2023-24 | 100.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Health Sciences Academy
Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy this school | 137 | 47.4% | 49.4% |
| Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy Pennington | 141 | 39.7% | 65.3% |
| Liberty High School JERSEY CITY | 193 | 68.9% | 64.6% |
| Bayonne Alternative High School Bayonne | 109 | 56.0% | N/A |
| Highland Park High School HIGHLAND PARK | 493 | 40.6% | 41.0% |
| Paterson P-TECH High School PATERSON | 193 | 54.4% | 21.1% |
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 Health Sciences Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #116 of 397 | #6 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.8% | #378 of 400 ▼ 272 | #15 of 18 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #90 of 395 ▼ 82 | #5 of 16 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 137 | #402 of 442 | #18 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.4% | #156 of 405 | #10 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
137
+39 (+40%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 137 | 8.7 | 15.8:1 | 47% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 134 | 9 | 14.9:1 | 29% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 128 | 9.6 | 13.4:1 | 38% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 98 | 9 | 10.9:1 | 24% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 112 | 9.3 | 12.1:1 | 20% (22) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (112 to 137); teachers down 6% (9.3 to 8.7).
About Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy
Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy is a public high school in Trenton, New Jersey. The student body numbers 137 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New Jersey is about 929, so this school runs 85% smaller than that.
Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County has 5 schools; together they serve 506 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy, at 39%. The rest of enrollment is 25% Asian, 18% Black, 11% White, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Mercer County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy's diversity index is 74%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 8.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy and a ratio of 15.8:1. This ratio sits 3.1 above the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 47% of students. For comparison, public schools in Mercer County average 48%.
Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 79% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy, the prediction is 40.2% and the result is 49.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Mercer County show that the median household income is $100,645, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy is one of 110 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, MCVS Assunpink Shared Time Center/Rubino, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy is 1st of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment grew 40% from its 2020-21 level of 98. The ratio was 10.9:1 in 2020-21 and 15.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County
- Mercer County Technical School STEM AcademyHigh · 141 students
- Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts AcademyHigh · 111 students
- MCVS Assunpink Shared Time Center/RubinoHigh · 96 students
- MCVS Arthur R. Sypek CenterHigh · 21 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
- MCVS Assunpink Shared Time Center/Rubino0.0 mi · 96
- Regional Day School0.2 mi · 1
- Mercer Elementary School0.2 mi · 141
- Joseph F. Cappello School0.2 mi · 97
- Mercer High School0.3 mi · 200
- University Heights Elementary School0.9 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences AcademyHow large is Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy?
Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy enrolls approximately 137 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy serve?
Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy.
How diverse is Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy?
Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy reports a student body of 11% White, 39% Hispanic, 18% Black, 25% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy?
Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy is overseen by Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County in Mercer County.
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