Patton J. Hill Elementary School

Patton J. Hill Elementary School is one of the average-sized elementary schools in TRENTON, New Jersey, part of Trenton Public School District, with 555 students on its rolls from grades K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 37% above typical.

Within Trenton Public School District, which oversees 25 schools and 13,549 students, Patton J. Hill Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Patton J. Hill Elementary School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 21% Black. By comparison, Mercer County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Patton J. Hill Elementary School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Patton J. Hill Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mercer County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Patton J. Hill Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.4%; this one delivers 5.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Mercer County) shows that median household income runs about $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Patton J. Hill Elementary School is one of 110 public schools in Mercer County (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Patton J. Hill Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 6.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Patton J. Hill Elementary School has fell 32%, going from 815 students in 2018 to 555 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 51% to 21%.

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