Summary:
The city of Princeton, Illinois is home to 5 schools, including 3 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school, serving students from kindergarten through 12th grade. The schools in this area show a mix of performance, with Lincoln Elementary School standing out as the top performer, while Princeton High School has seen a decline in its state ranking in recent years.
Lincoln Elementary School is the highest-performing school in the district, with 57.7% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 56.3% proficient or better in Mathematics for the 2024-2025 school year. It also holds a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, the highest in the district. In contrast, Princeton High School has seen a steady decline in its state ranking, from 151 out of 699 Illinois high schools in 2022-2023 to 363 out of 698 in 2024-2025, despite maintaining a relatively high graduation rate of 89% and a low dropout rate of 2.4%.
The district as a whole faces challenges, such as a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% across all schools, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, there are disparities in test scores, with the other elementary and middle schools in the district lagging behind Lincoln Elementary School, particularly in Mathematics. The district also shows significant socioeconomic differences, with free/reduced lunch rates ranging from 40.87% at Douglas Elementary to 52.3% at Logan Junior High.
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