Monument Elementary School
145 Pennington Ave
Trenton NJ, 08618, Mercer County
Phone: 609-656-4820
Ranking:
(1,819 out of 1,847, bottom 2%)*
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Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
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: | 37 | 38 | 32 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 28 | |||||||
Total Students: | 326 | 473 | 371 | 365 | 377 | 391 | 358 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 35 | 10.7% | 44 | 9.3% | 22 | 5.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 39 | 10.3% | 51 | 13.0% | 44 | 12.3% |
Grade 1: | 52 | 16.0% | 51 | 10.8% | 43 | 11.6% | 40 | 11.0% | 46 | 12.2% | 43 | 11.0% | 43 | 12.0% |
Grade 2: | 68 | 20.9% | 42 | 8.9% | 33 | 8.9% | 43 | 11.8% | 41 | 10.9% | 47 | 12.0% | 36 | 10.1% |
Grade 3: | 39 | 12.0% | 45 | 9.5% | 40 | 10.8% | 43 | 11.8% | 50 | 13.3% | 42 | 10.7% | 41 | 11.5% |
Grade 4: | 43 | 13.2% | 46 | 9.7% | 44 | 11.9% | 51 | 14.0% | 37 | 9.8% | 34 | 8.7% | 23 | 6.4% |
Grade 5: | 39 | 12.0% | 47 | 9.9% | 42 | 11.3% | 44 | 12.1% | 37 | 9.8% | 35 | 9.0% | 30 | 8.4% |
Ungraded: | 50 | 15.3% | 36 | 7.6% | 41 | 11.1% | 21 | 5.8% | 31 | 8.2% | 18 | 4.6% | 27 | 7.5% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 166 | 50.9% | 218 | 46.1% | 179 | 48.2% | 177 | 48.5% | 182 | 48.3% | 187 | 47.8% | 174 | 48.6% |
Female: | 160 | 49.1% | 255 | 53.9% | 192 | 51.8% | 188 | 51.5% | 195 | 51.7% | 204 | 52.2% | 180 | 50.3% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 1 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.8% | 3 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.6% |
Hispanic: | 39 | 12.0% | 37 | 7.8% | 36 | 9.7% | 33 | 9.0% | 31 | 8.2% | 20 | 5.1% | 27 | 7.5% |
Black: | 283 | 86.8% | 423 | 89.4% | 329 | 88.7% | 327 | 89.6% | 342 | 90.7% | 367 | 93.9% | 328 | 91.6% |
White: | 3 | 0.9% | 10 | 2.1% | 3 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.3% |
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% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 277 | 85.0% | 411 | 86.9% | 296 | 79.8% | 258 | 70.7% | 279 | 74.0% | 286 | 73.1% | 243 | 67.9% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 24 | 7.4% | 22 | 4.7% | 23 | 6.2% | 25 | 6.8% | 29 | 7.7% | 34 | 8.7% | 33 | 9.2% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 8.81 | 12.45 | 11.64 | 14.04 | 13.46 | 8.90 | 12.80 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 48.7% | 53.5% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 41.7% | 62.8% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 54.8% | 59.7% | 82.4% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 50% | 59.6% | 83.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 73% | 66.9% | 86.1% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 32.6% | 33.1% | 62.9% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 30.9% | 28.3% | 59.8% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 17.5% | 26.6% | 63.0% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 27.7% | 31.5% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 34.7% | 33.7% | 66.4% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 35% | 51.1% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 27.8% | 58.3% | 82.5% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 55.8% | 67.7% | 86.8% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 67.9% | 62.9% | 87.3% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 38.5% | 62.4% | 86.8% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 11.6% | 43.3% | 75.4% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 18.2% | 41.9% | 78.3% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 15.4% | 40.5% | 78.9% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 17% | 44.0% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 38.8% | 42.0% | 77.7% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 34.9% | 49.9% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 35.6% | 57.7% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 40.4% | 61.4% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 36% | 50.7% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 53.8% | 54.8% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 74.1% | 59.7% | 82.7% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 20.6% | 27.8% | 63.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 16.7% | 25.8% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 22.4% | 25.2% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 20.8% | 21.0% | 58.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 10.6% | 17.3% | 59.4% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 11.6% | 36.7% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 24.4% | 38.8% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 23.9% | 53.4% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 20% | 47.7% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 41% | 60.0% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 50% | 52.9% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 11.8% | 34.9% | 73.1% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 38% | 37.0% | 79.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 18.8% | 35.7% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 29.8% | 40.5% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 34% | 54.3% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 40% | 51.8% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 43.6% | 58.7% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 33.3% | 54.1% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 55.9% | 69.1% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 64.3% | 76.5% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 54% | 61.8% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 75.1% | 67.1% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 59.6% | 64.3% | 89.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 84% | 62.6% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 25% | 23.1% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 37.5% | 29.8% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 43.2% | 26.0% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 15.6% | 25.2% | 60.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 32.7% | 21.1% | 62.1% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 11.4% | 18.6% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 60% | 53.4% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 41.7% | 42.6% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 40.7% | 40.3% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 54.5% | 45.0% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 43.8% | 50.2% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 65.3% | 49.5% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 31.8% | 38.2% | 79.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 15.2% | 34.9% | 75.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 10.5% | 12.1% | 57.3% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 21.6% | 29.3% | 70.1% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 14.3% | 23.8% | 65.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 13.6% | 24.9% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 28.3% | 23.3% | 66.2% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 21.2% | 36.5% | 79% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 23.7% | 27.5% | 72.2% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 16.2% | 32.0% | 71.2% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 25.7% | 34.3% | 72.1% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 13.6% | 36.7% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 30.2% | 36.0% | 78.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 34.4% | 38.4% | 80.1% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 17.1% | 29.3% | 70.5% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 21.9% | 27.3% | 72.4% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 24.3% | 29.8% | 69.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 23.1% | 19.7% | 63.3% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 25% | 18.6% | 61.0% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 21.7% | 20.8% | 65.2% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 15.6% | 22.7% | 66.3% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 31.2% | 27.5% | 66.8% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 35.7% | 21.6% | 65.7% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 17.5% | 21.2% | 63.2% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 15.2% | 19.9% | 63.5% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 60% | 43.8% | 81.4% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 29.4% | 44.3% | 82.5% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 43.8% | 46.3% | 82.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 52.9% | 43.9% | 82.2% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 52.4% | 42.9% | 81.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 16% | 22.7% | 67.7% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 15.2% | 29.2% | 71.8% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 21.9% | 25.9% | 69.0% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 20.6% | 26.4% | 71.6% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 28.5% | 23.0% | 69.3% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 40% | 45.7% | 84.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 36.4% | 48.2% | 84.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 41.9% | 43.6% | 83.3% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 45.5% | 39.8% | 81.9% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 42.5% | 35.9% | 79.0% |
GEPA | ||||||
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 36.4% | 31.2% | 74.2% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 31.4% | 37.3% | 73.7% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 18.2% | 19.0% | 64.5% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 25% | 24.7% | 68.4% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 34.8% | 35.2% | 79.0% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 33.3% | 33.5% | 78.9% |
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* Monument Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.