Summary:
Princeton High School is the sole high school in the Princeton HSD 500 district, serving grades 9-12 with an enrollment of 486 students. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, ranking as high as 151 out of 699 Illinois high schools in 2022-2023 and as low as 363 out of 698 in 2024-2025, with a current 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Princeton High School has a four-year graduation rate of 89.0% and a dropout rate of 2.4%. Academically, the school's proficiency rates on the ACT and SAT assessments are generally lower than the state averages, particularly in Mathematics, but it performs well on the Illinois Science Assessment. Socioeconomically, over 40% of the school's students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and the school's per-student spending is $17,864 with a student-teacher ratio of 16.3.
As the sole high school in the district, Princeton High School represents the entirety of the educational options available to families in the Princeton HSD 500 area. The school's fluctuating performance and the socioeconomic factors of its student population suggest potential areas for improvement, which could inform future decision-making and resource allocation within the district.
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