Mercer County Technical Schools

The Area Vocational Technical Schools of Mercer County is a countywide vocational public school district based in Trenton, serving the high school-aged population of Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The district's programs are offered on a shared-time basis whereby a student is enrolled in their home school for academic and other educational activities and then attends a technical school on a half-day basis. The district also offers full-time academies for those in high school that cater to specific academic areas of study.

Area Vocational Technical Schools of Mercer County
Address
1085 Old Trenton Road
Trenton, NJ 08690
Coordinates40.250907°N 74.653046°W / 40.250907; -74.653046
District information
Grades9-12 (Academy)
11-12 (Shared-Time)
SuperintendentDr. Kimberly J. Schneider
Business administratorDeborah Donnelly
Schools3
Students and staff
Enrollment230 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Faculty38.1 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio6.0:1
Other information
Websitehttps://mcts.edu
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		Vocational
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$25,21018$18,89133.4%
1Budgetary Cost20,2951817,29617.3%
2Classroom Instruction9,150129,0451.2%
6Support Services2,794182,26923.1%
8Administrative Cost3,557192,35351.2%
10Operations & Maintenance4,585213,01452.1%
16Median Teacher Salary59,657865,035
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of Vocational districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=21

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2019-20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[3]) are:[4]

School Grades Number of students Location
Health Sciences Academy 9-12 162 Assunpink Center, West Windsor, New Jersey
STEM Academy 9-12 164 Arthur R. Sypek Center, Pennington, New Jersey
Culinary Arts Academy 9-12
Rubino Academy 9-12 45 Ewing Township, New Jersey
Adult Evening School — — Trenton, New Jersey
Health Careers Center Hamilton Township, New Jersey

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[5][6]

  • Dr. Kimberly J. Schneider, Superintendent
  • Deborah Donnelly, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References
  1. District information for Mercer County Vocational School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 27, 2018.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. School Data for the Mercer County Technical Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 16, 2021.
  4. New Jersey School Directory for the Mercer County Vocational School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  5. District Leadership, Mercer County Technical Schools. Accessed September 27, 2018.
  6. New Jersey School Directory for Mercer County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 5, 2015.
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