Princeton High School

Located at 103 S Euclid Ave, in Princeton, Illinois, Princeton High School is a cozy 9-12 campus that instructs 479 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Princeton HSD 500. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 43% smaller than typical.

Operationally, Princeton High School answers to Princeton HSD 500, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Princeton High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder is composed of 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Princeton High School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bureau County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Princeton High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 39.1%, a residual of -9.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bureau County indicate median household income runs about $69,257, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bureau County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,547 students), Princeton High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lincoln Elem School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Princeton High School. On composite proficiency, Princeton High School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Princeton High School's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 529 (now 479).

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