📍 401 Dayton Street, Trenton, Mercer County, 08610
Dunn Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Trenton, Mercer County. The school has 670 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Trenton Public School District school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 2% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dunn Middle School enrolls 670 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 53 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% Hispanic or Latino, 13% Black or African American and 1.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 568 | 85% |
| Black or African American | 87 | 13% |
| White | 9 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
402 of the school's 670 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 371 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dunn Middle School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 15, state house district 15.
Dunn Middle School is one of 25 schools in Trenton Public School District, based in Trenton, New Jersey. The district serves 15,964 students district-wide and employs 966 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 670 students, Dunn Middle School is close to the district average of about 639 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small