Princeton High

Located at 473 State St., in Princeton, California, Princeton High is a micro-enrollment secondary school that teaches 43 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Princeton Joint Unified. That puts it 95% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Princeton Joint Unified comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 126 students; Princeton High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Princeton High records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% White, 7% Native American, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Colusa County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably less Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Princeton High reports 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.3:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Colusa County (around 78%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Princeton High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.3%; this one comes in at 16.7%, -22.6 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Colusa County put median household income runs about $75,672, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Princeton High is one of 23 public schools in Colusa County (combined enrollment of about 4,732 students).

The closest other public school is Princeton Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Princeton High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 28.4%.

Princeton High operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Princeton High's enrollment has contracted 55% since 2018, when it stood at 95 (now 43). Hispanic enrollment moved from 68% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.