Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School

Set in Trenton, New Jersey, Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School is a small middle-grades school, part of Trenton Public School District. It works with 329 students across grades 4 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 43% smaller than the state mean of about 578.

Across the 25 schools in Trenton Public School District (13,549 students total), Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School records that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 34% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Mercer County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 23.2%; this one comes in at 2.7%, -20.6 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Mercer County put the typical household earns roughly $100,645 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School is one of 110 public schools in Mercer County (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students).

Nearest neighbor: Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 13.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

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