Trenton Central High School West

Trenton Central High School West is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Trenton, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Trenton Public Schools.As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 688 students and 66.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1. There were 510 students (74.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 31 (4.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. The school has a chronic absence rate of 48.0% as of the 2015-16 schoolyear.Awards, recognition and rankingsThe school was the 302nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.AdministrationCore members of the school's administration are: Mark Hoppe, Principal Lawrence Parker, Vice PrincipalThe superintendent of the Trenton Public School District and the school is Dr. Fredrick McDowell.