Paul S. Robeson Elementary School

Paul S. Robeson Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in TRENTON, New Jersey, run under Trenton Public School District, caters to 390 students, covering grades K through 3.

Across the 25 schools in Trenton Public School District (13,549 students total), Paul S. Robeson Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Paul S. Robeson Elementary School records that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 22% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Paul S. Robeson Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Paul S. Robeson Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Mercer County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Paul S. Robeson Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 21.4%; this one comes in at 3.9%, -17.5 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Mercer County indicate median household income runs about $100,645, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Mercer County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), of which Paul S. Robeson Elementary School is one.

Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Paul S. Robeson Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Paul S. Robeson Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 13.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

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