Princeton Middle School

Princeton Middle School operates as a mid-tier intermediate school in Princeton, West Virginia, one of the schools within Mercer County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 488 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Mercer County Schools runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 8,310 students. Princeton Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Princeton Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder consists of 13% multiracial, 7% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Around the school, Mercer County reports that median household earnings sit near $53,210, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Mercer County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,310 students), Princeton Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Mercer Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Princeton Middle School.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Princeton Middle School's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 515 (now 488). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 84% to 77%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.