Princeton Elementary School

Princeton Elementary School is one of the heavily attended K-5 schools in SAINT CLAIR SHORES, Michigan, one of the schools within Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb), with 652 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 77% bigger than the state mean of about 369.

Princeton Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb), a district that educates 4,124 students overall.

Demographically, Princeton Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 12% Black, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. Compared to Macomb County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Princeton Elementary School shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Princeton Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 43% of students at Princeton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Princeton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.0%; this one delivers 46.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Macomb County put median household income runs about $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Princeton Elementary School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

The closest other public school is Harmon Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Princeton Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 13%: 577 students in 2018 compared to 652 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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