Princeton Community Middle

Princeton Community Middle is one of the cozy middle-grades schools in Princeton, Indiana, part of North Gibson School Corporation, with 437 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 594.

North Gibson School Corporation runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,864 students. Princeton Community Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Princeton Community Middle logs that White students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school records 10% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Gibson County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Princeton Community Middle shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Princeton Community Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 44.3%; this one comes in at 25.2%, -19.1 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Gibson County shows median household income runs about $67,573, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Gibson County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,664 students), of which Princeton Community Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Princeton Comm Intermediate School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Princeton Community Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Princeton Community Middle's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 504 (now 437). Class-load math has fell: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Princeton Community Middle typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.