📍 1 Whittlesey Road, Trenton, Mercer County, 08618
Jefferson Elementary is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Trenton, Mercer County. The school has 354 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Trenton Public School District school district. It serves grades 4–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
Jefferson Elementary enrolls 354 students across grades 4–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% Black or African American, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 269 | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 78 | 22% |
| White | 5 | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
256 of the school's 354 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 246 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Jefferson Elementary 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.
Jefferson Elementary 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 354 students, Jefferson Elementary 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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