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Alumni: what's one memory from Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
890
High
DISTRICT 1,248 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341629003449
Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy
500 Perry Street, Trenton, NJ 08609 · (609) 656-4900 · Mercer County
GRADES 09–09HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL890 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of New Jersey public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
576 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 890 | 100% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy→Trenton Central High School - Main Campus
Based on grade levels within Trenton Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
10.5%
NJ avg 53.1%
Math
8.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Math scores are up about 5 points since 2023.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.5% | 8.3% |
| 2023-24 | N/A | 3.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy
Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy's state test result (8.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy this school | 890 | 64.7% | 8.7% |
| Pleasantville High School PLEASANTVILLE | 997 | 72.6% | 8.2% |
| Science Park High School NEWARK | 964 | 68.0% | 78.2% |
| Capital City High School TRENTON | 756 | 56.1% | N/A |
| Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School HALEDON | 803 | 62.8% | 14.8% |
| Rahway High School RAHWAY | 1,286 | 63.2% | 17.3% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.7% | #378 of 397 | #16 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #344 of 400 ▲ 37 | #13 of 18 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #378 of 395 | #16 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 890 | #204 of 442 | #12 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #348 of 388 | #13 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #278 of 389 | #13 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #91 of 405 | #4 of 19 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
890
+171 (+24%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 890 | 59.5 | 15.0:1 | 65% (576) |
| 2023-24 | 837 | 58.5 | 14.3:1 | 44% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 796 | 58 | 13.7:1 | 61% (484) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 51 | 14.1:1 | 60% (431) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy.
About Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy
The public high school Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy is located in Trenton, New Jersey. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 890 students in grade 9.
A total of 25 schools make up Trenton Public School District, with 13,549 students enrolled.
A majority of students at Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy, 68%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 31% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 44 points above the 23% share among Mercer County residents. Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy has a diversity index of 45%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy operates with 59.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.0:1. That ratio is over the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy reports 65% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Mercer County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy is -22.0 points, in the bottom 10% of New Jersey. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 8.7%, and the predicted rate is 30.7%.
Federal survey data for Mercer County show that median household income is about $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy is among the 110 public schools in Mercer County.
Nearby, Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School is about 0.2 miles away. Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 8.7% against a local average of 5.4%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Federal counts put enrollment at 719 in 2020-21 and 890 in 2024-25, a 24% gain.
Discussions about Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Trenton Public School District
- Trenton Central High School - Main CampusHigh · 2,097 students
- Capital City High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Grace A Dunn Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Dr. Martin Luther King Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Grant Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 610 students
Other schools in Trenton
- Trenton Central High School - Main CampusHigh · 2,097 students
- Foundation Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,155 students
- Capital City High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Grace A Dunn Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Dr. Martin Luther King Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
Nearby schools
- Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School0.2 mi · 468
- Grant Intermediate School0.2 mi · 610
- Capital City High School0.4 mi · 756
- Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School0.4 mi · 650
- Battle Monument Intermediate School0.6 mi · 499
- Carroll Robbins Elementary School0.7 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Trenton Central High School-9th Grade AcademyHow many students attend Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy?
Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy enrolls approximately 890 students in grades 09-09.
What grades does Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy serve?
Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy serves grades 09-09.
How many teachers does Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy have?
Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy?
At Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy, the student body is approximately 1% White, 68% Hispanic, 31% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy public or private?
Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Trenton Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.