Trenton Public Schools

Trenton Public Schools
Address
108 North Clinton Avenue
Trenton
, Mercer County, New Jersey, 08609
United States
Coordinates40°13′27″N 74°45′14″W / 40.22413°N 74.753788°W / 40.22413; -74.753788
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentJames Earle
Business administratorJayne S. Howard
Schools20
Affiliation(s)Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment14,500 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty884.4 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio16.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupA
Websitewww.trentonk12.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$21,15686$18,89112.0%
1Budgetary Cost17,1459214,78316.0%
2Classroom Instruction10,094918,76315.2%
6Support Services2,691802,39212.5%
8Administrative Cost1,800961,48521.2%
10Operations & Maintenance2,191891,78322.9%
13Extracurricular Activities18926268−29.5%
16Median Teacher Salary66,4506164,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Trenton Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Trenton, in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3] The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke[4] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[5][6] As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising 20 schools, had an enrollment of 14,500 students and 884.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.4:1.[1] The district was the sixth-largest in the state in 2022.[7]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Trenton Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Trenton Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Trenton Public Schools. Accessed May 10, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Trenton School District. Composition: The Trenton School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the City of Trenton."
  4. ^ What We Do: History, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v. Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."
  5. ^ What We Do, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  6. ^ SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  7. ^ Largest School Districts in New Jersey, Niche. Accessed February 25, 2022.
  8. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 5, 2015.