Specialized school district · New Jersey
Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County
Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County in New Jersey: 5 public schools with 506 students and 10.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $56,666 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 506
- Students per teacher
- 10.3
- NJ 11.5 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $56,666
- NJ $28K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.0
- Counselors (FTE)
- 3.0
- Students per counselor
- 169
- NJ 274 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 1.0
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Jersey's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New Jersey: 54%Not published: too few students tested.
NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
New Jersey: 41%Not published: too few students tested.
NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 4.0% · $982K
- State
- 33% · $8.1M
- Local
- 63% · $15.3M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $24,510
- Support services
- $25,849
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $2.4M
- Long-term debt
- $19K
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
MCVS Arthur R. Sypek CenterCareer and technical | 11–12 | 21 | 1.2 |
MCVS Assunpink Shared Time Center/RubinoCareer and technical | 7–12 | 96 | 10.1 |
Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts AcademyCareer and technical | 9–12 | 111 | 16.1 |
Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences AcademyCareer and technical | 9–12 | 137 | 15.8 |
Mercer County Technical School STEM AcademyCareer and technical | 9–12 | 141 | 22.0 |
Sources
- Address
- 1085 Old Trenton Rd, Trenton, NJ 08690
- Phone
- (609)586-2129
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.