Hamilton West Watson High School
2720 South Clinton Ave
Trenton NJ, 08610, Mercer County
Phone: 609-631-4168
Ranking: 
(272 out of 340, bottom 20%)*
(272 out of 340, bottom 20%)*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
| 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 90 | 99 | 82 | |||
| Total Students: | 1,366 | 1,384 | 1,344 | |||
| Grade 9: | 332 | 24.3% | 342 | 24.7% | 338 | 25.1% |
| Grade 10: | 309 | 22.6% | 318 | 23.0% | 325 | 24.2% |
| Grade 11: | 327 | 23.9% | 335 | 24.2% | 330 | 24.6% |
| Grade 12: | 315 | 23.1% | 335 | 24.2% | 284 | 21.1% |
| Ungraded: | 83 | 6.1% | 54 | 3.9% | 67 | 5.0% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||
| Male: | 679 | 49.7% | 704 | 50.9% | 672 | 50.0% |
| Female: | 687 | 50.3% | 680 | 49.1% | 668 | 49.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 37 | 2.7% | 41 | 3.0% | 41 | 3.1% |
| Hispanic: | 242 | 17.7% | 221 | 16.0% | 205 | 15.3% |
| Black: | 295 | 21.6% | 283 | 20.4% | 256 | 19.0% |
| White: | 787 | 57.6% | 835 | 60.3% | 841 | 62.6% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 259 | 19.0% | 196 | 14.2% | 160 | 11.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 92 | 6.7% | 79 | 5.7% | 81 | 6.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 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% |
| 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% |
| 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.