Summary:
ZIP code 01541 is home to a single public school — Thomas Prince in Princeton, Massachusetts — an elementary school serving grades K–8 with 355 students in the Wachusett district, with one elementary, zero middle and zero high schools reported for the area.
Because Thomas Prince is the only school here, comparisons run against its own district and the state. Its standout strength is science: All Grades science was 60.49% proficient in 2025–2026, above the district's 53.20% and the state's 40.98%, and 8th grade science reached 64.52%, matching 8th grade civics at 64.52% against 39.77% statewide. ELA in grades 6 (59.57%) and 7 (54.29%), plus 4th grade ELA (52.78%), also beat both district and state. The weaker spots are 5th grade ELA at 34.00% and 5th grade math at 36.00%, each below district and state. Math is where the school trails its district most: All Grades math at 46.98% sits 5.87 points above state but 6.78 points below the district's 53.76%, with 6th grade math at 50.00% versus 62.67% district.
Rankings slipped from 72nd percentile and 4 stars in 2023–2024 to 63rd percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026, a fall of 80 rank positions, while All Grades ELA, math and science each dropped roughly 9.6 to 10.4 percentage points between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026; civics improved slightly. The Wachusett district itself ranks 97 of 351 districts, at the 72nd percentile with 4 stars, so the school is solid but is not matching the district's stronger math results. Profile data show a student-teacher ratio of 12.2 in 2024–2025 and per-student spending of $13,889 in 2020–2021; free/reduced lunch is not reported, so socioeconomic context cannot be examined. With 355 students spread across K–8, individual grade-level rates can shift noticeably on small cohorts.
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