📍 1200 Brunswick Avenue, Trenton, Mercer County, 08638
Columbus Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Trenton, Mercer County. The school has 296 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Trenton Public School District school district. It serves grades K–3 in an urban setting. The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Columbus Elementary School enrolls 296 students across grades K–3. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% Black or African American, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 190 | 64% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 98 | 33% |
| White | 6 | 2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
218 of the school's 296 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 207 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Columbus Elementary 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.
Columbus Elementary 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 296 students, Columbus Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 639 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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