Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy

Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy is one of the rural-scale four-year high schools in Pennington, New Jersey, operated by Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County, with 141 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 85% leaner than the state mean of about 929.

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

Looking at the student body, Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% White, 16% Asian, 13% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Mercer County's rate of about 48%.

With demographic context factored in, Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy sits in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 44.4%; actual is 65.3%, +20.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Mercer County shows median household earnings sit near $100,645, 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), Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy is one campus in the mix.

Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy's enrollment has grew 88% since 2018, when it stood at 75 (now 141). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 24% to 47%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

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