MERCER REGIONAL SCHOOL
Trenton · NJ · OFFICE OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES · Public · K-12 combined
📄 Shareable scorecard →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How MERCER REGIONAL SCHOOL compares for families
What families should know about MERCER REGIONAL SCHOOL.
- ▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Ann Klein Forensic Center, Ewing High School, Marie H Katzenbach Middle/High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Klein Forensic Center WEST TRENTON |
Public | 0.1 | — | — |
| Ewing High School EWING |
Public | 0.7 | 1,118 | +7.3% |
| Marie H Katzenbach Middle/High School Trenton |
Public | 0.8 | 27 | — |
| Trenton STEM-to-Civics Charter School Ewing |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 375 | +0.8% |
| Foundation Academy Charter School Trenton |
Public · charter | 2.0 | 332 | +6.4% |
| Villa Victoria Academy Ewing |
Private | 2.3 | 93 | -18.4% |
| Villa Victoria Lower School Trenton |
Private | 2.3 | 93 | — |
| Capital City High School TRENTON |
Public | 2.7 | 756 | +70.7% |