PRINCETON SR H S

PRINCETON SR H S operates as a sizable secondary school in PRINCETON, Texas, overseen by PRINCETON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,262 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 59% larger than typical.

PRINCETON ISD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 9,956 students; PRINCETON SR H S is among them.

Looking at the student body, PRINCETON SR H S reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% White, 22% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at PRINCETON SR H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PRINCETON SR H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.1%.

Around the school, census data for Collin County shows median household earnings sit near $121,600, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which PRINCETON SR H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: LOVELADY H S, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PRINCETON SR H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PRINCETON SR H S at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. PRINCETON SR H S's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,174 (now 1,262). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 42% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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