NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Pennington, NJ

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7 public K-12 schools in Pennington from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
2,838
Students
53.4/100
Avg Resource Index
11.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pennington has more public-school enrollment than 26% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Hopewell Valley Central High School enrolls 37.6% of Pennington's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

4 of the 7 listed Pennington schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Pennington lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 21 to 1,068 students, a 51-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 74%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
93rd percentile
Teacher staffing
94th percentile

Hopewell Valley Central High School accounts for 37.6% of all Pennington public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Pennington-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pennington school enrollment varies 51× across entities

Pennington school enrollment ranges from 21 students (lowest) to 1,068 students (highest), a spread of 1,047 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pennington student-teacher ratio is 11.1:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Timberlane Middle School 58
2. Hopewell Valley Central High School 57
3. Toll Gate Grammar School 55
4. Mercer County Technical School Stem Academy 55
5. Mcvs Arthur R. Sypek Center 55
6. Stony Brook Elementary School 50
7. Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy 44

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pennington

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Mercer County Technical School Stem Academy 67.8/100
  2. 2 Stony Brook Elementary School 66.5/100
  3. 3 Mcvs Arthur R. Sypek Center 52.6/100
  4. 4 Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy 50.9/100
  5. 5 Timberlane Middle School 50.5/100

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Which Pennington school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Timberlane Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pennington schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pennington, NJ? ▼

Pennington has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,838 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.