Summary:
Zip code 61559 has two schools in Princeville, serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Princeville Elementary School serves PK–5, and Princeville High School serves grades 6–12. Both schools’ 2025–2026 All Grades IAR results were above the state in English language arts (ELA) and math. The clearest area-wide strength is math: the schools’ equal-weight average was 61%, compared with 40% statewide, a 21-point advantage; their ELA average was 63%, 7 points above the state.
Princeville High School had the stronger All Grades results: 69% in ELA and 70% in math, compared with 58% and 51% at Princeville Elementary School. The high school led by 10 points in ELA and 19 points in math, though the schools serve different grades. Its standout grade-specific result was eighth-grade math, at 86%, 52 points above the state; the elementary school’s strongest cited result was third-grade math at 63%, 14 points above the state. SchoolDigger ranks the high school 62nd of 620 in its category, at the 90th percentile with five stars; the elementary school ranks 716th of 1,737, at the 59th percentile with three stars.
Recent results show improvement at both schools in math, but different ELA trends: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, elementary ELA rose 15 points while high-school ELA fell 3; math rose 5 points at the elementary school and 3 at the high school. SchoolDigger’s percentiles also rose over three years, from 84 to 90 at the high school and from 54 to 59 at the elementary school. For context, student–teacher ratios were 12.3 at the high school and 12.0 at the elementary school; both reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025, at 37% and 34%, respectively. Chronic absenteeism was below the state at both schools, and the high school’s 93% graduation rate was above the state’s 90%. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their All Grades results are not matched-grade comparisons.
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