Public schools in Trenton, NJ

Trenton has 34 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 7 high, 9 middle, 17 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 16,549 students. They are run by 8 districts and agencies; Trenton Public School District runs 25 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 8 districts and agencies that run Trenton's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in TrentonDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Trenton Public School District2514,852$23,249
Mercer County Technical Schools2356$49,211
Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf255not reported
Foundation Academies Charter Schools11,044$21,603
Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities1432$22,833
Achievers Early College Prep Public Charter School1353$19,108
The Village Charter School1359$21,944
International Charter School of Trenton1109$19,661

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

7 high schools in Trenton, 4,552 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Trenton Central High School - Main Campus2,09713.367.9%Trenton
Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy89015.061.5%Trenton
Daylight/Twilight High School75618.953.2%Trenton
Achievers Early College Prep Charter School54319.772.9%Achievers Early College Prep Public Charter School
Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy13715.842.3%Mercer County Technical Schools
MCVS Assunpink Shared Time Center/Rubino9610.160.4%Mercer County Technical Schools
Marie H Katzenbach High School332.49.1%Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

9 middle schools in Trenton, 5,062 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Dunn Middle School70314.274.1%Trenton
Hedgepeth Williams Elementary School66816.374.6%Trenton
Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School65013.172.0%Trenton
Grant Elementary School61012.684.3%Trenton
Clara Parker Elementary School58314.683.9%Trenton
Joyce Kilmer Elementary School54615.279.3%Trenton
Monument Elementary School49915.682.4%Trenton
Holland Middle School47412.281.4%Trenton
Jefferson Elementary32911.275.7%Trenton

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

17 elementary schools in Trenton, 5,780 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
P.J. Hill Elementary55513.783.6%Trenton
Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities54516.588.6%Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities
Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School46814.282.3%Trenton
Robbins Elementary School45912.280.8%Trenton
Paul S. Robeson Elementary School39013.976.7%Trenton
Mott Elementary School37513.482.7%Trenton
Franklin Elementary School37213.380.9%Trenton
The Village Charter School36111.672.9%The Village Charter School
Columbus Elementary School35313.680.5%Trenton
Wilson Elementary School35013.775.1%Trenton
The other 7 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Stokes Elementary School34712.979.8%Trenton
Washington Elementary School32114.076.0%Trenton
Gregory Elementary School31113.086.5%Trenton
Harrison Elementary School24312.286.0%Trenton
Cadwalader Elementary School20012.578.0%Trenton
International Charter School10811.789.8%International Charter School of Trenton
Marie H Katzenbach Elementary Middle School for the Deaf224.318.2%Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Trenton, 1,155 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Foundation Academy Charter School1,15519.978.4%Foundation Academies Charter Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Trenton's public schools compare with New Jersey's

The median Trenton school has 13.6 students per full-time teacher, more than the New Jersey median of 11.3. 77% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 31% across the state. Its median school enrolls 425 students (state 435).

Trenton against New Jersey, schools open in 2024-25 with students
TrentonNew Jersey
Median students per teacher13.611.3
Median school size (students)425435
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)77%31%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)56%8.1%
Charter schools15%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 34 Trenton schools and the 2,480 New Jersey schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Trenton

  1. Trenton Public School DistrictRuns 25 of Trenton's 34 public schools and spent $23,249 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$23,249
  2. Trenton Central High School - Main Campus, the largest high school in Trenton2,097 students in 2024-25, 13.3 per teacher.2,097
  3. Compare Trenton Public School District with Mercer County Technical SchoolsTrenton's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in New JerseyNew Jersey's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Trenton addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in New Jersey

  1. Newark78 schools
  2. Jersey City52 schools
  3. Paterson46 schools
  4. Elizabeth38 schools
  5. Hamilton26 schools
  6. Camden22 schools
  7. East Orange21 schools
  8. Edison20 schools

Questions about schools in Trenton

  1. How many public schools are in Trenton, NJ?
    34 public schools with an address in Trenton were open in 2024-25: 7 high, 9 middle, 17 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 16,549 students. 5 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Trenton?
    Trenton Central High School - Main Campus, with 2,097 students in 2024-25 (Trenton Public School District).
  3. Which districts run Trenton's schools?
    Trenton Public School District (25 schools), Mercer County Technical Schools (2 schools), Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf (2 schools), Foundation Academies Charter Schools (1 school), and 4 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .