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Enrollment
423
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCETON CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340004300323
Princeton Charter School
100 Bunn Drive, PRINCETON, NJ 08540 · (609) 924-0575 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
40 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
33 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 18% smaller than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
94.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
87.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.6% | 87.9% |
| 2023-24 | 87.8% | 91.5% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Princeton Charter School
Princeton Charter School's state test result (89.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton Charter School this school | 423 | 7.8% | 89.1% |
| Brookside Elementary School MONROE TOWNSHIP | 431 | 10.2% | 59.3% |
| Riker Hill Elementary School LIVINGSTON | 477 | 4.0% | 72.6% |
| Hillside Elementary School LIVINGSTON | 476 | 2.7% | 80.2% |
| Cambridge Elementary School KENDALL PARK | 416 | 15.6% | 67.1% |
| Barclay Brook School MONROE TWP | 332 | 9.3% | N/A |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Princeton Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.1% | #5 of 1,290 | #1 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.9% | #18 of 1,319 ▼ 15 | #1 of 56 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.6% | #4 of 1,319 ▲ 17 | #1 of 56 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #624 of 1,562 | #19 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #501 of 1,390 | #17 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #338 of 1,392 | #24 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.8% | #1,297 of 1,481 | #54 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #357 of 545 | #14 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
423
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+135% since 2000-01, when it was 180
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 9.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 423 | 40 | 10.6:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 38.4 | 11.1:1 | 4% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 41.4 | 10.3:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 43 | 9.9:1 | 5% (21) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 37.8 | 10.6:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 32 | 10.8:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2010-11 | 344 | 31 | 11.1:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2000-01 | 180 | 1 | 180.0:1 | 10% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Princeton Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (400 to 423); teachers up 6% (37.8 to 40).
About Princeton Charter School
This page covers Princeton Charter School, a mid-sized elementary school in PRINCETON, New Jersey. There are 423 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 8.
Princeton Charter School operates as its own local education agency.
More than half of the students at Princeton Charter School are Asian (51%). The rest of enrollment is 26% White, 13% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the Asian share of Mercer County's population at about 12%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Princeton Charter School scores 65%.
The school has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.6 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 8% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Mercer County, the average is 48%.
Princeton Charter School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 99% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Princeton Charter School does better than predicted by 27.2 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 89.1%; the prediction is 61.9%.
The school is in Mercer County, where the median household earns about $100,645 a year, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Princeton Charter School shares Mercer County with 109 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Princeton Charter School is closest to Princeton Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Princeton Charter School's average proficiency of 89.1% compares with 70.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
In 2020-21, Princeton Charter School enrolled 426; in 2024-25, 423.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PRINCETON
- Princeton High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Princeton Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
- Littlebrook SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Johnson Park SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Community Park SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Riverside SchoolElementary · 306 students
Nearby schools
- Princeton Middle School0.6 mi · 794
- Princeton High School0.8 mi · 1,518
- Community Park School0.9 mi · 316
- Littlebrook School1.1 mi · 374
- Riverside School1.5 mi · 306
- Johnson Park School2.0 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About Princeton Charter SchoolHow large is Princeton Charter School?
Princeton Charter School enrolls approximately 423 students in grades KG-08.
Is Princeton Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Princeton Charter School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Princeton Charter School have?
Princeton Charter School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Princeton Charter School?
Student demographics at Princeton Charter School are roughly 26% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 51% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Princeton Charter School in?
Princeton Charter School is part of Princeton Charter School.
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