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Hamilton West-Watson High School
2720 South Clinton Ave
Trenton NJ, 08610, Mercer County
Phone: 609-631-4168
Ranking: 
(280 out of 346, bottom 19%)*
(280 out of 346, bottom 19%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Hamilton Township School District
Title I Eligible School: No
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: | 100 | 98 | 94 | 82 | 90 | 99 | 82 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,318 | 1,275 | 1,295 | 1,313 | 1,366 | 1,384 | 1,344 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 344 | 26.1% | 320 | 25.1% | 346 | 26.7% | 351 | 26.7% | 332 | 24.3% | 342 | 24.7% | 338 | 25.1% |
| Grade 10: | 319 | 24.2% | 323 | 25.3% | 312 | 24.1% | 307 | 23.4% | 309 | 22.6% | 318 | 23.0% | 325 | 24.2% |
| Grade 11: | 319 | 24.2% | 310 | 24.3% | 301 | 23.2% | 311 | 23.7% | 327 | 23.9% | 335 | 24.2% | 330 | 24.6% |
| Grade 12: | 321 | 24.4% | 289 | 22.7% | 295 | 22.8% | 301 | 22.9% | 315 | 23.1% | 335 | 24.2% | 284 | 21.1% |
| Ungraded: | 15 | 1.1% | 33 | 2.6% | 41 | 3.2% | 43 | 3.3% | 83 | 6.1% | 54 | 3.9% | 67 | 5.0% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 684 | 51.9% | 652 | 51.1% | 662 | 51.1% | 666 | 50.7% | 679 | 49.7% | 704 | 50.9% | 672 | 50.0% |
| Female: | 634 | 48.1% | 623 | 48.9% | 633 | 48.9% | 647 | 49.3% | 687 | 50.3% | 680 | 49.1% | 668 | 49.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 40 | 3.0% | 45 | 3.5% | 40 | 3.1% | 32 | 2.4% | 37 | 2.7% | 41 | 3.0% | 41 | 3.1% |
| Hispanic: | 346 | 26.3% | 311 | 24.4% | 270 | 20.8% | 263 | 20.0% | 242 | 17.7% | 221 | 16.0% | 205 | 15.3% |
| Black: | 260 | 19.7% | 237 | 18.6% | 262 | 20.2% | 264 | 20.1% | 295 | 21.6% | 283 | 20.4% | 256 | 19.0% |
| White: | 639 | 48.5% | 653 | 51.2% | 689 | 53.2% | 721 | 54.9% | 787 | 57.6% | 835 | 60.3% | 841 | 62.6% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 31 | 2.4% | 27 | 2.1% | 33 | 2.5% | 31 | 2.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 432 | 32.8% | 342 | 26.8% | 349 | 26.9% | 288 | 21.9% | 259 | 19.0% | 196 | 14.2% | 160 | 11.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 100 | 7.6% | 88 | 6.9% | 115 | 8.9% | 69 | 5.3% | 92 | 6.7% | 79 | 5.7% | 81 | 6.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.16 | 13.07 | 13.78 | 16.07 | 15.18 | 12.90 | 16.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| HSPA | ||||||
| 2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 75.1% | 79.8% | 80.1% |
| 2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 79.3% | 81.6% | 82.2% |
| 2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 78.9% | 82.8% | 83.2% |
| 2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 73.2% | 80.5% | 83.5% |
| 2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 82.9% | 83.3% | 85.4% |
| 2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 74.9% | 78.0% | 83.4% |
| 2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 77.1% | 81.9% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 82.3% | 88.0% | 88.0% |
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 83.0% | 88.6% | 89.6% |
| 2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 90.4% | 90.9% | 91.5% |
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 84.5% | 89.6% | 91.6% |
| 2003 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 54.0% | 63.3% | 65.9% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 60.9% | 67.5% | 70.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 68.8% | 73.2% | 75.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 57.1% | 68.9% | 75.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 64.8% | 68.5% | 73.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 67.4% | 70.3% | 75.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 57.8% | 66.5% | 73.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 53.9% | 65.7% | 75.0% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 53.1% | 63.8% | 75.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 59.1% | 69.3% | 79.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 61.3% | 67.5% | 79.7% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % proficient | 70.4% | 72.0% | 72.7% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Hamilton West-Watson High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.