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Which teacher or staff member at Princeton High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,518
High
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCETON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341341003182
Princeton High School
151 MOORE STREET, PRINCETON, NJ 08540 · (609) 806-4280 · Mercer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,518 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of New Jersey public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
128 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
210 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 354 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 389 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 384 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 391 | 26% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Princeton Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
75.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.4% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.6% | 51.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 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 High School
Princeton High School's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton High School this school | 1,518 | 13.8% | 57.4% |
| Paramus High School PARAMUS | 1,153 | 19.2% | 48.8% |
| Cherry Hill High School East CHERRY HILL | 2,120 | 18.4% | 57.5% |
| Hillsborough High School Hillsborough | 2,377 | 15.7% | 61.2% |
| Northern Burlington County Regional High School COLUMBUS | 1,324 | 15.8% | 42.0% |
| Bridgewater-Raritan High School Bridgewater | 2,673 | 15.1% | 58.1% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #79 of 397 | #5 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #104 of 400 ▼ 9 | #5 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #57 of 395 ▲ 25 | #3 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,518 | #78 of 442 | #4 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #170 of 388 | #3 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #41 of 389 | #3 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #322 of 405 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #130 of 200 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,518
-37 (-2%) vs 2020
+85% since 1990-91, when it was 821
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 1,518 | 128.4 | 11.8:1 | 14% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 1,532 | 130.2 | 11.8:1 | 10% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 1,532 | 130.2 | 11.8:1 | 11% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 1,555 | 125 | 12.4:1 | 10% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 1,610 | 129.6 | 12.4:1 | 10% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 1,578 | 126 | 12.5:1 | 9% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 1,420 | 103 | 13.8:1 | 7% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 1,088 | 74 | 14.7:1 | 4% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 821 | 66 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Princeton High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,610 to 1,518); teachers down 1% (129.6 to 128.4).
About Princeton High School
Princeton High School is a high-enrollment high school located in PRINCETON, New Jersey. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 1,518 students enrolled. High schools in New Jersey have about 929 students on average; enrollment here is 63% higher.
Princeton High School is part of a district of 6 schools: Princeton Public School District, with 3,668 students.
No group is above 50% at Princeton High School; the largest is White, at 46%. After that, the student body is 26% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. Among Mercer County residents, the White share is about 46%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
Princeton High School reports a ratio of 11.8 students per teacher, from 128.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey is 0.9 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Princeton High School, 14% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Mercer County is 34 points.
Princeton High School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 80% of New Jersey public high schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Princeton High School is 58.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.4%.
Mercer County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $100,645 a year, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Mercer County number 110, with about 58,647 students.
Princeton High School is about 0.2 miles from Princeton Middle School, its nearest public school. Princeton High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Princeton High School ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 57.4% versus a 74.4% average.
For locale, NCES codes Princeton High School as City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 1,555 to 1,518, a small change.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Public School District
- Princeton Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
- Littlebrook SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Johnson Park SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Community Park SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Riverside SchoolElementary · 306 students
Other schools in PRINCETON
- Princeton Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
- Princeton Charter SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Littlebrook SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Johnson Park SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Community Park SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Riverside SchoolElementary · 306 students
Other Princeton High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Princeton High. Princeton High School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Princeton High SchoolCincinnati, OH · 1,619 students
- Princeton HighPrinceton, NC · 988 students
- Princeton High SchoolPRINCETON, MN · 940 students
- Princeton High SchoolPrinceton, IL · 479 students
- Princeton HighPrinceton, CA · 43 students
Nearby schools
- Princeton Middle School0.2 mi · 794
- Community Park School0.5 mi · 316
- Princeton Charter School0.8 mi · 423
- Littlebrook School1.0 mi · 374
- Riverside School1.0 mi · 306
- Johnson Park School1.7 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About Princeton High SchoolHow many students attend Princeton High School?
Princeton High School enrolls approximately 1,518 students in grades 09-12.
Is Princeton High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Princeton High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Princeton High School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Princeton High School.
How diverse is Princeton High School?
Princeton High School reports a student body of 46% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, 26% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Princeton High School?
Princeton High School is overseen by Princeton Public School District in Mercer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.