Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy

Located at 500 Perry Street, in Trenton, New Jersey, Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy is a mid-tier senior high that hosts 890 students (grade 9), one of the schools within Trenton Public School District.

Trenton Public School District runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 13,549 students. Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 31% Black. By comparison, Mercer County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Mercer County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 30.7%; actual is 8.7%, a gap of -22.0 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Mercer County) records that median household earnings sit near $100,645, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy is one of 110 public schools in Mercer County (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students).

Nearest neighbor: Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 5.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

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