Summary:
North Gibson School Corporation has two elementary schools serving a combined 847 students in Indiana: Princeton Community Primary School for grades K–2 and Princeton Community Intermediate School for grades 3–5. The Primary school enrolls 417 students, while the Intermediate school enrolls 430. The district is listed at 259th of 374 Indiana districts, in the 31st percentile, with 2 stars.
The two schools have very different profiles. The Primary school has a much lower student-teacher ratio (10.6 versus 17.2), spends more per student ($12,545 versus $11,537), and has a lower free/reduced lunch rate (41.73% versus 57.44%). Chronic absenteeism is similar at both schools: 17.0% at the Intermediate school and 17.2% at the Primary school, slightly above the district’s 16.8% and the state’s 16.7%. The Intermediate school is the only one with state test results. Its clearest strength is math: all-grades math proficiency was 39.43%, compared with the district’s 31.01%, and 5th-grade math was 42.74%, just above the state’s 42.0%. ELA is weaker: all-grades ELA was 30.47%, slightly below the district’s 31.09%, and 3rd-grade ELA was 23.2% versus the state’s 40.8%. Science was close to the district (36.09% versus 35.52%), but 4th-grade science trailed the state (36.09% versus 43.8%). Fifth-grade social studies improved to 35.48% but remained below the state’s 47.2%.
The Intermediate school’s rank has improved from 682nd of 1,011 in 2023–2024 to 650th of 1,015 in 2025–2026, moving from the 33rd to the 36th percentile, though it still holds a 2-star rating. The Primary school cannot be compared academically here because it serves K–2 and has no ILEARN scores or rank history in this data. Overall, the district remains in the lower third of Indiana districts, with a tested upper-elementary school showing relative math strength and ELA challenges, and a primary school with smaller classes, higher per-student spending, and lower poverty indicators.
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