William Harrison Elementary School

Located at 461 GENESSEE STREET, in TRENTON, New Jersey, William Harrison Elementary School is a small elementary-level community that enrolls 243 students (grades K through 3), overseen by Trenton Public School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so William Harrison Elementary School sits 40% smaller than that benchmark.

William Harrison Elementary School is one of 25 schools operated by Trenton Public School District, a district that enrolls 13,549 students overall.

Looking at the student body, William Harrison Elementary School reports that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, William Harrison Elementary School shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting William Harrison Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at William Harrison Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Mercer County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, William Harrison Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.7%, the actual is 8.0%, a residual of -9.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Mercer County put median household income runs about $100,645, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), William Harrison Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is International Charter School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), William Harrison Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 16.8%.

William Harrison Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

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