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Enrollment
555
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341629003236
Patton J. Hill Elementary School
1010 EAST STATE STREET, TRENTON, NJ 08609 · (609) 656-4980 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL555 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
484 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 116 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 172 | 31% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 23% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
4.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
8.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 5 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 4.8% | 8.6% |
| 2023-24 | 0.9% | 6.5% |
% 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
5.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Patton J. Hill Elementary School
Patton J. Hill Elementary School's state test result (5.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patton J. Hill Elementary School this school | 555 | 87.2% | 5.2% |
| Sussex Avenue School NEWARK | 545 | 86.2% | 16.3% |
| George E. Wilson Elementary School HAMILTON | 545 | 83.7% | 16.0% |
| Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School NEWARK | 690 | 88.3% | 14.8% |
| Buckshutem Road School BRIDGETON | 653 | 92.0% | 7.5% |
| John Marshal School No. 20 ELIZABETH | 452 | 87.6% | 22.4% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary 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 Patton J. Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 5.2% | #1,285 of 1,290 | #53 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.6% | #1,274 of 1,319 ▲ 18 | #52 of 56 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 4.8% | #1,314 of 1,319 ▲ 4 | #52 of 56 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 555 | #301 of 1,562 | #8 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,196 of 1,390 | #49 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #1,110 of 1,392 | #50 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.2% | #96 of 1,481 | #6 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.9% | #49 of 798 | #2 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
555
-237 (-30%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 555 | 40.5 | 13.7:1 | 87% (484) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 39.5 | 13.7:1 | 65% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 59% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 792 | 55 | 14.4:1 | 49% (389) |
| 2017-18 | 815 | 64 | 12.7:1 | 91% (739) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 31 | 10.6:1 | 94% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 66% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 44 | 10.8:1 | 78% (368) |
| 1990-91 | 576 | 32 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patton J. Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (815 to 555); teachers down 37% (64 to 40.5).
About Patton J. Hill Elementary School
Patton J. Hill Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in TRENTON, New Jersey. The school teaches kindergarten through 3 and enrolls 555 students. That is 37% larger than the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Trenton Public School District runs Patton J. Hill Elementary School along with 24 other schools, enrolling 13,549 students in total.
About 76% of the student body at Patton J. Hill Elementary School is Hispanic. Other students are 21% Black. By comparison, Mercer County residents are about 23% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 37, compared with 70 nationally.
Patton J. Hill Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1, with 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. The school has 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Mercer County report 48%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Patton J. Hill Elementary School, the prediction is 18.4% and the result is 5.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Mercer County show that median household income comes to about $100,645, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 110, with about 58,647 students.
Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 6.2% on proficiency, and Patton J. Hill Elementary School is below that at 5.2%.
Patton J. Hill Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Small.
In 2020-21, Patton J. Hill Elementary School enrolled 792 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 555.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Patton J. Hill Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Trenton Public School District
- Trenton Central High School - Main CampusHigh · 2,097 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
- Dr. Martin Luther King Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 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
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School0.4 mi · 668
- Paul S. Robeson Elementary School0.4 mi · 390
- Trenton Central High School - Main Campus0.5 mi · 2,097
- Grant Intermediate School0.6 mi · 610
- Darlene C. McKnight Elementary0.7 mi · 350
- Carroll Robbins Elementary School0.8 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Patton J. Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Patton J. Hill Elementary School?
Patton J. Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 555 students in grades KG-03.
Is Patton J. Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Patton J. Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Patton J. Hill Elementary School have?
Patton J. Hill Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Patton J. Hill Elementary School?
At Patton J. Hill Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 76% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Patton J. Hill Elementary School?
Patton J. Hill Elementary School is overseen by Trenton Public School District in Mercer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.