Joyce Kilmer Middle School
1300 Stuyvesant Ave
Trenton NJ, 08618, Mercer County
Phone: 609-656-4800
Ranking: (1,803 out of 1,847, bottom 2%)*
Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Trenton City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 46 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 31 | 50 | 40 | |||||||
Total Students: | 430 | 653 | 464 | 452 | 560 | 533 | 581 | |||||||
Grade 6: | 143 | 33.3% | 87 | 13.3% | 33 | 7.1% | 40 | 8.8% | 78 | 13.9% | 59 | 11.1% | 98 | 16.9% |
Grade 7: | 123 | 28.6% | 74 | 11.3% | 37 | 8.0% | 62 | 13.7% | 66 | 11.8% | 81 | 15.2% | 90 | 15.5% |
Grade 8: | 124 | 28.8% | 81 | 12.4% | 60 | 12.9% | 82 | 18.1% | 78 | 13.9% | 90 | 16.9% | 78 | 13.4% |
Ungraded: | 40 | 9.3% | 40 | 6.1% | 90 | 19.4% | 33 | 7.3% | 49 | 8.8% | 50 | 9.4% | 45 | 7.7% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 219 | 50.9% | 327 | 50.1% | 248 | 53.4% | 229 | 50.7% | 286 | 51.1% | 258 | 48.4% | 290 | 49.9% |
Female: | 211 | 49.1% | 326 | 49.9% | 216 | 46.6% | 223 | 49.3% | 274 | 48.9% | 275 | 51.6% | 287 | 49.4% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% |
Hispanic: | 33 | 7.7% | 38 | 5.8% | 44 | 9.5% | 35 | 7.7% | 34 | 6.1% | 25 | 4.7% | 20 | 3.4% |
Black: | 395 | 91.9% | 605 | 92.6% | 412 | 88.8% | 408 | 90.3% | 512 | 91.4% | 503 | 94.4% | 555 | 95.5% |
White: | 1 | 0.2% | 7 | 1.1% | 5 | 1.1% | 6 | 1.3% | 11 | 2.0% | 5 | 0.9% | 5 | 0.9% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 368 | 85.6% | 548 | 83.9% | 349 | 75.2% | 255 | 56.4% | 329 | 58.8% | 311 | 58.3% | 331 | 57.0% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 23 | 5.3% | 41 | 6.3% | 31 | 6.7% | 19 | 4.2% | 38 | 6.8% | 45 | 8.4% | 58 | 10.0% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 9.35 | 12.09 | 10.23 | 12.56 | 18.06 | 8.90 | 14.50 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 71.4% | 53.5% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 70.5% | 62.8% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 65.4% | 59.7% | 82.4% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 50% | 59.6% | 83.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 45.3% | 66.9% | 86.1% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 34.1% | 33.1% | 62.9% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 26.8% | 28.3% | 59.8% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 14% | 26.6% | 63.0% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 27.7% | 33.7% | 66.4% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 62.5% | 51.1% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 45.5% | 58.3% | 82.5% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 80.7% | 67.7% | 86.8% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 35.7% | 62.9% | 87.3% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 40.7% | 62.4% | 86.8% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 51.2% | 43.3% | 75.4% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 26.8% | 41.9% | 78.3% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 27.1% | 40.5% | 78.9% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 27.7% | 42.0% | 77.7% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 45.3% | 49.9% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 45.9% | 57.7% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 66.1% | 61.4% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 56.4% | 50.7% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 51% | 54.8% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 54.2% | 59.7% | 82.7% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 25% | 25.8% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 10.1% | 25.2% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 10.5% | 21.0% | 58.5% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 34.0% | 36.7% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 25% | 38.8% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 59.4% | 53.4% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 47.5% | 47.7% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 50% | 60.0% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 40% | 52.9% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 13.3% | 34.9% | 73.1% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 35.0% | 38.7% | 77.2% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 31.5% | 35.7% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 33.3% | 40.5% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 68.7% | 54.3% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 52.5% | 51.8% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 57.1% | 58.7% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 57.1% | 54.1% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 59.1% | 69.1% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 74.3% | 76.5% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 44.3% | 61.8% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 65.8% | 67.1% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 60.7% | 64.3% | 89.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 74.5% | 62.6% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 37.5% | 23.1% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 42.5% | 29.8% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 18.6% | 26.0% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 20% | 25.2% | 60.9% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 15.2% | 18.6% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 60.5% | 53.4% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 63.6% | 42.6% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 69.3% | 40.3% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 20% | 45.0% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 48.8% | 50.2% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 28.8% | 49.5% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 55.4% | 38.2% | 79.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 32.6% | 34.9% | 75.8% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 38.1% | 29.3% | 70.1% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 17.3% | 23.8% | 65.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 16.3% | 24.9% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 14.3% | 23.3% | 66.2% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 28.3% | 36.5% | 79% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 16.4% | 27.5% | 72.2% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 42.9% | 32.0% | 71.2% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 12% | 34.3% | 72.1% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 20.4% | 36.7% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 17.3% | 36.0% | 78.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 32.3% | 38.4% | 80.1% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 27.3% | 29.3% | 70.5% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 30.4% | 27.3% | 72.4% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 29.0% | 29.8% | 69.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 13.5% | 19.7% | 63.3% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 18.7% | 18.6% | 61.0% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 31.1% | 20.8% | 65.2% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 28.3% | 22.7% | 66.3% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 19.4% | 20.5% | 64.5% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 21.1% | 27.5% | 66.8% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 27.5% | 25.8% | 64.6% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 15.4% | 21.2% | 63.2% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 19.8% | 19.9% | 63.5% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 28.6% | 43.8% | 81.4% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 43.9% | 44.3% | 82.5% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 47.6% | 46.3% | 82.9% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 53.0% | 46.8% | 82.1% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 43.9% | 43.9% | 82.2% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 40.0% | 42.9% | 81.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 12% | 22.7% | 67.7% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 25.8% | 29.2% | 71.8% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 23.2% | 25.9% | 69.0% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 35.3% | 33.2% | 71.5% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 12.2% | 26.4% | 71.6% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 15.8% | 23.0% | 69.3% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 43.4% | 45.7% | 84.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 64.6% | 48.2% | 84.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 48.7% | 43.6% | 83.3% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 45.7% | 44.0% | 81.2% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 39.5% | 39.8% | 81.9% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 44.9% | 35.9% | 79.0% |
GEPA | ||||||
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 41.3% | 21.9% | 73.8% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 55% | 22.0% | 71.8% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 42.5% | 23.6% | 72.3% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 34.8% | 31.2% | 74.2% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 36.6% | 37.3% | 73.7% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 21.7% | 11.5% | 56.7% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 30.0% | 14.3% | 61.7% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 29.3% | 12.7% | 62.4% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 36.2% | 19.0% | 64.5% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 23% | 24.7% | 68.4% |
2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 34.8% | 24.5% | 72.9% |
2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 55% | 25% | 74.7% |
2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 58.5% | 31.1% | 76.8% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 45.8% | 35.2% | 79.0% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 35.7% | 33.5% | 78.9% |
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* Joyce Kilmer Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.