📍 1030 Old Trenton Road, Hamilton, Mercer County, 08690
Mercer High School is a Special Education serving high age pupils, located in Hamilton, Mercer County. The school has 242 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mercer County Special Services School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mercer High School enrolls 242 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 73% male and 27% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 7.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% Black or African American, 37% Hispanic or Latino and 17% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 96 | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 90 | 37% |
| White | 41 | 17% |
| Asian | 10 | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
123 of the school's 242 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 103 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mercer High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-30, state senate district 14, state house district 14.
Mercer High School is one of 4 schools in Mercer County Special Services School District, based in Hamilton, New Jersey. The district employs 75 full-time-equivalent teachers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large