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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Princeton Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
794
Middle
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCETON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341341003188
Princeton Middle School
217 WALNUT LANE, PRINCETON, NJ 08540 · (609) 806-4270 · Mercer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL794 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of New Jersey public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
108 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 241 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 290 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 263 | 33% |
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
Students here typically continue to
Princeton Middle School→Princeton High School
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
85.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
77.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.3% | 77.7% |
| 2023-24 | 82.6% | 72.7% |
% 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
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% 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 15 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 Middle School
Princeton Middle School's state test result (74.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton Middle School this school | 794 | 13.6% | 74.1% |
| Rosa International Middle School CHERRY HILL | 745 | 19.7% | 56.8% |
| Henry C. Beck Middle School CHERRY HILL | 701 | 17.3% | 58.6% |
| Edgar Middle School METUCHEN | 761 | 10.0% | 68.9% |
| Voorhees Middle School VOORHEES | 979 | 17.2% | 59.1% |
| Hillside Intermediate School Bridgewater | 568 | 15.0% | 55.4% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #12 of 433 | #1 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #22 of 437 ▲ 9 | #1 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #28 of 437 ▲ 2 | #1 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 794 | #94 of 445 | #8 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #316 of 417 | #9 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #56 of 419 | #3 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.6% | #331 of 436 | #18 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.4% | #50 of 122 | #4 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
794
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 794 | 66.8 | 11.9:1 | 14% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 780 | 69.3 | 11.3:1 | 12% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 816 | 67.8 | 12.0:1 | 14% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 803 | 68 | 11.8:1 | 14% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 719 | 67.2 | 10.7:1 | 11% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 64 | 11.3:1 | 13% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 664 | 60 | 11.1:1 | 11% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 48 | 14.4:1 | 9% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 684 | 49 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Princeton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (719 to 794); teachers down 1% (67.2 to 66.8).
About Princeton Middle School
Princeton Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in PRINCETON, New Jersey. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 794 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 578-student average for middle schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 37% higher.
Princeton Public School District serves 3,668 students across 6 schools.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Princeton Middle School, at 47%. Enrollment also includes 23% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 5% Black. The county population is about 46% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 66.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. On average, middle schools in New Jersey have 10.9:1, compared with 11.9:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Princeton Middle School is 14%. The 48% average for public schools in Mercer County is 34 points higher.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Princeton Middle School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Princeton Middle School is in the top 10% of New Jersey schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.7%. The school's actual rate is 74.1%, 15.4 points higher.
Among Mercer County residents, the median household income is $100,645, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Princeton Middle School, Mercer County has 109 other public schools.
The school nearest to Princeton Middle School is Princeton High School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Princeton Middle School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Princeton Middle School is City: Small.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 803 in 2020-21, 794 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Littlebrook SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Johnson Park SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Community Park SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Riverside SchoolElementary · 306 students
Other schools in PRINCETON
- Princeton High SchoolHigh · 1,518 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 Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Princeton Middle. Princeton Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Princeton Middle SchoolPRINCETON, MN · 740 students
- Princeton Middle SchoolPrinceton, WV · 488 students
Nearby schools
- Princeton High School0.2 mi · 1,518
- Community Park School0.5 mi · 316
- Princeton Charter School0.6 mi · 423
- Littlebrook School0.9 mi · 374
- Riverside School1.0 mi · 306
- Johnson Park School1.8 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About Princeton Middle SchoolHow large is Princeton Middle School?
Princeton Middle School enrolls approximately 794 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Princeton Middle School serve?
Princeton Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Princeton Middle School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Princeton Middle School.
How diverse is Princeton Middle School?
Princeton Middle School reports a student body of 47% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 23% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Princeton Middle School?
Princeton Middle 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.