Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities

Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities operates as an average-sized primary school in TRENTON, New Jersey, run under Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities. Current enrollment sits at 545 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 35% larger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities sits inside Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 26% Asian. By comparison, Mercer County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Mercer County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities sits in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 14.2%; actual is 31.2%, +16.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Mercer County indicate 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%. In all, Mercer County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), of which Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 10.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities's enrollment has ticked up 43% since 2018, when it stood at 380 (now 545). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 26% to 0%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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