Trenton Catholic Academy

Trenton Catholic Academy is a Catholic school in Hamilton Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades, operating under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton.The schools is accredited by AdvancED.As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 224 students and 21.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1. The school's student body was 58.9% Black, 26.8% Hispanic, 9.4% White, 2.7% Asian and 2.2% two or more races.HistoryTrenton Catholic Academy's high school, i.e., upper school, was known as McCorristin Catholic High School from 1979 to 2005. From its establishment in September 1962 until 1979, the school was known as Saint Anthony High School and was affiliated with Saint Anthony Church on Olden Avenue in Hamilton Township.The name McCorristin refers to Monsignor Michael "Iron Mike" McCorristin, a well known Catholic cleric responsible for major parish expansion projects at Holy Angels Church and Saint Anthony Church in Hamilton, Mercer County, NJ (a suburb of Trenton). The announcement of the closing of Trenton Catholic High School in the early 1960s prompted Monsignor McCorristin to build a new high school to serve the parishes of Trenton and Hamilton Township. Monsignor McCorristin was noted for his staunch support of education and parish life as well as a devotion to a spartan personal lifestyle.