1
What tradition at Princeton High School should never be changed?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,619
High
DISTRICT 940 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCETON CITY·NCES 390446701554
Princeton High School
100 Viking Way, Cincinnati, OH 45246 · (513) 864-1503 · Hamilton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,619 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
95 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
1,101 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 43%
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 | 472 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 448 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 394 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 305 | 19% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 54% · 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 City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
61.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.7pp since 2021
Math
56.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +12.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.1% | 56.4% |
| 2023-24 | 61.4% | 45.5% |
| 2022-23 | 57.9% | 48.4% |
| 2021-22 | 61.8% | 44.3% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 (64.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton High School this school | 1,619 | 68.0% | 64.2% |
| Franklin Heights High School Columbus | 1,398 | 71.0% | 47.3% |
| Westland High School Galloway | 1,853 | 68.4% | 49.7% |
| Central Crossing High School Grove City | 1,674 | 56.1% | 55.1% |
| Brooklyn High School Brooklyn | 470 | 67.0% | 53.4% |
| Maritime Academy of Toledo The Toledo | 215 | 91.6% | 17.0% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #290 of 403 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #289 of 776 ▲ 111 | #12 of 36 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #456 of 774 ▼ 12 | #13 of 36 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.7pp | #277 of 742 | #15 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,619 | #53 of 888 | #5 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #417 of 739 | #23 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #22 of 749 | #2 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #85 of 435 | #1 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #190 of 198 | #16 of 16 |
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
1,619
-47 (-3%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 1,847
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 1,619 | 95 | 17.0:1 | 68% (1,101) |
| 2023-24 | 1,691 | 96.9 | 17.5:1 | 66% (1,123) |
| 2022-23 | 1,690 | 91.9 | 18.4:1 | 55% (926) |
| 2020-21 | 1,666 | 93 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,609 | 78 | 20.6:1 | 58% (936) |
| 2015-16 | 1,511 | 82 | 18.4:1 | 60% (913) |
| 2010-11 | 1,566 | 103 | 15.2:1 | 51% (804) |
| 2000-01 | 1,917 | 130 | 14.8:1 | 21% (396) |
| 1990-91 | 1,847 | 120 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Princeton High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,609 to 1,619); teachers up 22% (78 to 95).
About Princeton High School
Princeton High School is a high school with a street address in Cincinnati, Ohio. The student body numbers 1,619 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Ohio) has about 565 students.
Princeton City counts 11 schools and 5,927 students, including Princeton High School.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Princeton High School. The largest is Black students, at 40%. The remaining students are 33% Hispanic, 17% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Hamilton County is about 24% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 95 full-time-equivalent teachers at Princeton High School and a ratio of 17.0:1. That matches the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 68% of students. The 34% average for public schools in Hamilton County is 34 points lower.
Schools in Ohio with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 63.1%. Princeton High School scores 64.2%.
Across Hamilton County, the median household income is $72,470, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Hamilton County has 212 public schools and roughly 111,403 students.
Nearest public school: Princeton Community Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Princeton High School is 1st of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 47 fewer students in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Princeton High School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,774
Census ACS
Median income
$72,470
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
212
111,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Princeton City
- Princeton Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,332 students
- Springdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Stewart Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Heritage Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- Sharonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 368 students
- Glendale Elementary SchoolElementary · 267 students
Other schools in Cincinnati
- Walnut Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,453 students
- Oak Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- West Clermont High SchoolHigh · 2,048 students
- Sycamore High SchoolHigh · 1,678 students
- Dohn CommunityHigh · 1,675 students
- Colerain High SchoolHigh · 1,591 students
Other Princeton High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Princeton High. Princeton High School is the largest of the 6.
- Princeton High SchoolPRINCETON, NJ · 1,518 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 Community Middle School0.1 mi · 1,332
- Glendale Elementary School1.2 mi · 267
- Heritage Hill Elementary School1.4 mi · 411
- IDEA Greater Cincinnati Inc1.5 mi · 1,017
- Instructional Resource Center1.9 mi · 26
- Scarlet Oaks Cdc2.0 mi · 1,023
Frequently asked questions
About Princeton High SchoolHow large is Princeton High School?
Princeton High School enrolls approximately 1,619 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 teachers does Princeton High School have?
Princeton High School employs 95 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Princeton High School?
At Princeton High School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 33% Hispanic, 40% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Princeton High School?
Princeton High School is overseen by Princeton City in Hamilton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.