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Trenton Public School District

NCES agency ID 3416290 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

At a glance

Reported students

15,964

NCES CCD 2024–25

Open schools

25

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Student–teacher ratio

16.1:1

Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE

Spending per pupil

$23,249

Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33

Instruction per pupil

$13,164

Calculated from FY 2023 F-33

Grades served

KG–12

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Historical enrollment and staffing · CRDC 2021–22

These older figures are kept separate from 2024–25 statistics and benchmarks. Agency figures aggregate matched current school records; they may not cover the complete historical district.

Students
10,639
Teachers (FTE)
896
Student–teacher ratio
11.9:1

What current records say about Trenton Public School District

Trenton Public School District operates 25 current public-school records serving grades KG–12 in Trenton, New Jersey. NCES reports 15,964 students and 990.4 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.

Within New Jersey agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 6 of 558 with reported enrollment. That position describes scale only—it does not say whether individual schools are a good fit for a particular student.

FY 2023 finance records show $23,249 in current expenditure per pupil and $13,164 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 415 of 548 in New Jersey. Local wages, transportation, special education, facilities, and agency responsibilities all affect this comparison.

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Reported needs and resources

English learners
42.3%
Students with disabilities (IDEA)
12.1%
Classroom teachers (FTE)
990.4
Current expenditure (FY 2023)
$345,300,000

Context measures describe who a district serves and its resources. They are not negative rating inputs.

Trenton Public School District

Trenton, New Jersey

NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 40.2242, -74.7535

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Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White1%
  • Hispanic66.8%
  • Black30.5%
  • Asian0.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
  • Multiracial1.4%

Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22 matched schools. Totals can differ due to rounding or source privacy rules.

Explore schools in Trenton Public School District

25 current directory entries

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Showing 1–24 of 25 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.

Schools, grade spans, enrollment, and student–teacher ratios
SchoolLevel / gradesStudentsRatioCompare
Arthur J. Holland Middle SchoolMiddle07–0847412.2:1
Battle Monument Intermediate SchoolMiddle04–0649915.6:1
Benjamin C Gregory Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0331113:1
Cadwalader Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0320012.5:1
Capital City High SchoolHigh09–1275618.9:1
Carroll Robbins Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0345912.2:1
Clara Parker Intermediate SchoolMiddle04–0658314.6:1
Darlene C. McKnight ElementaryElementaryKG–0335013.7:1
Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr ElementaryElementaryKG–0335313.6:1
Dr. Martin Luther King Middle SchoolMiddle07–0865013.1:1
Franklin Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0337213.3:1
George Washington Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0332114:1
Gershom Mott Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0337513.4:1
Grace A Dunn Middle SchoolMiddle07–0870314.2:1
Grant Intermediate SchoolMiddle04–0661012.6:1
Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle04–0666816.3:1
Joseph Stokes Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0334712.9:1
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate SchoolMiddle04–0654615.2:1
Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0346814.2:1
Patton J. Hill Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0355513.7:1
Paul S. Robeson Elementary SchoolElementaryKG–0339013.9:1
Thomas Jefferson Intermediate SchoolMiddle04–0632911.2:1
Trenton Central High School - Main CampusHigh10–122,09713.3:1
Trenton Central High School-9th Grade AcademyOther09–0989015:1