Summary:
Five schools in Princeton, Illinois, serve 1,570 students across grade spans from PK–K at Douglas Elementary School to grades 9–12 at Princeton High School; the group includes three elementary schools, one junior high and one high school. The strongest supplied academic results are at Lincoln Elementary School, which scored above state figures in both reported subjects.
Lincoln Elementary School stands out at 69% in ELA and 60% in math, compared with state results of 56% and 40%—advantages of 13 and 20 percentage points. At Logan Junior High School, results were below state figures: 48% in ELA, 8 points lower, and 27% in math, 12 points lower. All supplied ACT and PreACT results at Princeton High School were also below state figures, by 3 to 12 points. SchoolDigger ranked Lincoln at the 75th percentile, compared with the 31st for Logan and 37th for Princeton High in 2025–2026. Two schools have no supplied test results, and the results for schools with scores cover different grades and tests.
Recent trends favor Lincoln: its all-grades ELA proficiency rose 11 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, and math rose 4 points. Logan’s results were nearly unchanged, while its gaps against the state widened by 4 points in ELA and 2 points in math. SchoolDigger’s percentile rankings also moved in different directions from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026: up 13 points for Lincoln, down 16 for Logan and down 17 for Princeton High. As context, all five schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025, with figures ranging from 40% to 53%. Student-teacher ratios were 12.0 at Lincoln, 14.7 at Logan and 15.5 at Princeton High. Princeton High’s graduation rate was a relative bright spot: 94%, versus 90% statewide.
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