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Princeton Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
217 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone
(609) 806-4270
District
Princeton Public School District
County
MERCER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
780
Classroom Teachers
69

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.9% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Princeton Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

100 80 60 40 20 0
78%
40%
81%
47%
75%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

100 80 60 40 20 0
77%
44%
85%
54%
68%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 272 34.9%
Grade 7 247 31.7%
Grade 8 261 33.5%
Total 780 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 51.5% 49.8% 40.1%
Black 7.0% 6.9% 15.1%
Hispanic 17.3% 17.1% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 23.9% 26.1% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 12.4% 11.4% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 10.5% 9.2% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.9% 2.2% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 30,451 9,290,841
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,696.8 1,259
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.9% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 26.8% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.0% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.6% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 12.8% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,002 3,478,355
Single Parent Households With Children 4.2% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.1% 90.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 84.6% 42.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 55.7% 32.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.1% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.4% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.6% 12.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.3% 10.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.5% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 5.3% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $17,552 $67,172,000 51.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $3,396 $12,998,000 9.9%
Staff $986 $3,775,000 2.9%
General Administration $432 $1,652,000 1.3%
School Administration $1,060 $4,057,000 3.1%
Operation $2,614 $10,002,000 7.6%
Transportation $1,223 $4,680,000 3.6%
Other $934 $3,573,000 2.7%
Total Support $10,645 $40,737,000 31.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,094 $23,322,000 17.8%
Total Expenditures $34,291 $131,231,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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