State/Public Middle Open

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 1300 Stuyvesant Avenue, Trenton, Mercer County, 08618

498
Pupils
13.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Trenton, Mercer County. The school has 498 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Trenton Public School District school district. It serves grades 4โ€“6 in an urban setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.

School details

School district
Trenton Public School District
Gender
Coeducational

Enrollment & staffing

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School enrolls 498 students across grades 4โ€“6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.

Male students
246 (49%)
Female students
252 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
37
Student-teacher ratio
13.5:1
Grade span
4โ€“6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Black or African American, 35% Hispanic or Latino and 1.2% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American30962%
Hispanic or Latino17635%
White61.2%
Two or more races61.2%
Asian1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

332 of the school's 498 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 318 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades 4โ€“6Title I

Joyce Kilmer 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.

School district: Trenton Public School District

Joyce Kilmer 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 498 students, Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 639 students per school.

15,964
District students
25
Schools
966
Teachers (FTE)

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International affiliations

IB World School
IB PYP (Ages 3โ€“12)
IBO code
062603
IB since
13 August 2025
IB region
Americas
Country
United States

Academic Performance

21%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

Setting: City - Small

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