Princeton Day School

Princeton Day School
Colross, the school administration building, a Georgian mansion moved from Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
Location
Map
Princeton
,
Mercer County
,
New Jersey

United States
Coordinates40°21′43″N 74°41′26″W / 40.362075°N 74.690603°W / 40.362075; -74.690603
Information
TypePrivate, Independent
MottoSemper Luceat (Always Shine)
Established1899[1]
NCES School ID00868462[2]
Head of schoolKelley Nicholson-Flynn
Faculty122.1 FTEs[2]
GradesPreK–12
Gendercoeducational
Enrollment941 (plus 15 in PreK, as of 2021–22)[2]
Student to teacher ratio7.7:1[2]
Campus103 acres (0.42 km2)
Color(s)  Blue and
  white[6]
Athletics22 interscholastic sports
Athletics conferencePatriot Conference
Team namePanthers[6]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools[4]
NewspaperSpokesman[7]
YearbookLink[7]
Endowment$43,000,000
Tuition$45,360 (7–12 for 2023–24)[3]
Websitewww.pds.org

Princeton Day School is a private coeducational day school located in Princeton, in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The largest division is the Upper School (grades 9–12), with an enrollment of about 400. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1989.[4]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 941 students (plus 15 in PreK) and 122.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.7:1. The school's student body was 81.3% (765) White, 7.7% (72) Asian, 6.8% (72) Hispanic and 4.3% (40) Black.[2]

Of the 2011 graduating class of Princeton Day School seniors, a third were honored as semi-finalists or commended scholars in the National Merit Scholarship Program.[8] In the five years through 2018, the most common schools for members of the PDS graduating classes were New York University (21), Princeton University (15), Lehigh University (12), University of Chicago (11), Duke University (10), and Boston College (10).[5]

The school is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools[9] and the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools.[10]

  1. ^ Mission & History, Princeton Day School. Retrieved April 3, 2022. "In 1899, a young woman named May Margaret Fine opened a school in Princeton to prepare girls for college with a curriculum including English, French, Latin, history and mathematics."
  2. ^ a b c d e School data for Princeton Day School, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  3. ^ Tuition, Princeton Day School. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Princeton Day School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Fast Facts, Princeton Day School. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Upper School Extracurricular Activities, Princeton Day School. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  8. ^ Seniors Earn National Merit Recognition Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Princeton Day School press release dated October 12, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2011. "More than a third of the Class of 2011 received recognition from the National Merit Scholarship Program, including six students named National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists and more than 25 ranked as Commended Scholars."
  9. ^ List of Member Schools, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  10. ^ Listing of ADVIS member schools, Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools. Retrieved June 4, 2017.