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Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1085 Old Trenton Road
Trenton, NJ 08690
Phone
(609) 586-5144
District
Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County
County
MERCER COUNTY
Type of School
Vocational/technical
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
134
Classroom Teachers
9

* Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy is one of the top 100 best public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.1% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

120 100 80 60 40 20 0
100%
44%
100%
50%
No Data
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
7
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 38 28.4%
Grade 10 35 26.1%
Grade 11 30 22.4%
Grade 12 31 23.1%
Total 134 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 11.8% 19.8% 40.1%
Black 18.1% 16.2% 15.1%
Hispanic 42.5% 48.3% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 24.4% 14.5% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 3.1% 1.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 29.1% 41.8% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 24.6% 37.4% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.5% 4.4% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION Unreported 9,290,841
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 1,259
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW Unreported 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD Unreported 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD Unreported 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD Unreported 26.9%
65 OR OLDER Unreported 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households Unreported 3,478,355
Single Parent Households With Children Unreported 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma Unreported 90.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree Unreported 42.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more Unreported 32.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 Unreported 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 Unreported 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 Unreported 12.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 Unreported 10.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 Unreported 7.7%
$15,000 or less Unreported 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $19,767 $7,215,000 40.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $4,186 $1,528,000 8.5%
Staff $2,408 $879,000 4.9%
General Administration $1,529 $558,000 3.1%
School Administration $2,112 $771,000 4.3%
Operation $5,378 $1,963,000 11.0%
Transportation $252 $92,000 0.5%
Other $4,077 $1,488,000 8.3%
Total Support $19,942 $7,279,000 40.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $9,258 $3,379,000 18.9%
Total Expenditures $48,967 $17,873,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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