Mercer County Special Services School District

Public school district · Mercer County · New Jersey · NCES district ID 3480200

Mercer County Special Services School District's fiscal year 2022-23 finance report (NCES F-33) gives no current spending per student. Its 3 schools enrolled 438 students in 2024-25.

Where the money came from

$56,265,000 in revenue: 14.6% state, 82.4% local and 3.0% federal. Total spending including $747,000 of capital outlay was $51,870,000; the figure above leaves capital out.

Mercer County Special Services School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $8,197,000; Local $46,361,000; Federal $1,707,000; total $56,265,000.
  • State$8,197,000 15%
  • Local$46,361,000 82%
  • Federal$1,707,000 3%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23, revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

477 students in 2022-23, 424 students in 2023-24, 438 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Mercer County Special Services School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 477, 2023-24: 424, 2024-25: 43802004006002022-234772023-244242024-25438
Mercer County Special Services School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 477, 2023-24: 424, 2024-25: 43802004006002022-234772023-244242024-25438
Mercer County Special Services School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 477, 2023-24: 424, 2024-25: 43802004006002022-234772023-244242024-25438
Mercer County Special Services School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 477, 2023-24: 424, 2024-25: 43802004006002022-234772023-244242024-25438

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2347775.06.4
2023-2442470.56.0
2024-2543868.56.4

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

1 elementary school, 97 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Joseph F. Cappello School977.222.7%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 141 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Mercer Elementary School1416.438.3%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 200 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Mercer High School2006.146.5%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

One more school on file: small, closed or in an earlier directory

These records carry fewer federal fields than a full school page needs, so each is summarized here with what NCES reports.

Regional Day School

High school in Hamilton; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 1 student.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and earlier directories: the last year each school was listed, its students and its teachers.

Contact Mercer County Special Services School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Mercer County Special Services School District

  1. Every school district in New JerseyMercer County Special Services School District is the number 638 by size of 672 New Jersey districts, with 126 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#638 of 672
  2. Ocean Gate School DistrictThe next larger New Jersey district: 127 students in fall 2022, $33,331 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$33,331
  3. Bay Head Borough School DistrictThe next smaller New Jersey district: 125 students in fall 2022, $33,872 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$33,872
  4. Compare Mercer County Special Services School District with Ocean Gate School DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  5. Mercer High School, its largest high school200 students in 2024-25, 6.1 per teacher.200
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Mercer County Special Services School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Mercer County Special Services School District?
    3 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high), enrolling 438 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. Where does Mercer County Special Services School District's money come from?
    $56,265,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 14.6% state, 82.4% local and 3.0% federal (NCES F-33).
  3. What is Mercer County Special Services School District's NCES district ID?
    3480200. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

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