Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy
Pennington · NJ · Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County · Public
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Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy → Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy → McCorristin Charter School → Mercer High School → MCVS Assunpink Shared Time Center/Rubino → Ann Klein Forensic Center → South Hunterdon Regional High School → Foundation Academy Charter School →At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools
- 4-yr grad rate: 90% in 2019 (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy, Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy, McCorristin Charter 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.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
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.
Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $24,406/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +8.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 141 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy Pennington |
Public | 0.0 | 111 | +65.7% |
| Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy Trenton |
Public | 6.5 | 137 | +24.5% |
| McCorristin Charter School Hamilton |
Public · charter | 5.5 | 185 | — |
| Mercer High School Hamilton |
Public | 6.2 | 200 | — |
| MCVS Assunpink Shared Time Center/Rubino Trenton |
Public | 6.5 | 96 | — |
| Ann Klein Forensic Center WEST TRENTON |
Public | 3.3 | — | — |
| South Hunterdon Regional High School Lambertville |
Public | 9.4 | 260 | -7.1% |
| Foundation Academy Charter School Trenton |
Public · charter | 4.4 | 332 | +6.4% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantMercer County Technical School STEM Academy is a public high school in Pennington, NJ, enrolling 141 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 90% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 47 students per school counselor.
6% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy's graduation rate? Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy's federal four-year graduation rate was about 90% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy? Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy is a public high school in Pennington, NJ, enrolling 141 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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