Princeton High School (New Jersey)

Princeton High School
Tower and courtyard at entrance of the school
Address
Map
151 Moore Street

, ,
08540

United States
Coordinates40°21′25″N 74°39′25″W / 40.357027°N 74.656917°W / 40.357027; -74.656917
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoLive to Learn, Learn to Live
Established1898
NCES School ID341341003182[2]
PrincipalCecilia Birge[1]
Faculty130.2 FTEs[2]
Enrollment1,532 (as of 2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio11.8:1[2]
Color(s)  Blue and
  white[3]
Athletics conferenceColonial Valley Conference (general)
West Jersey Football League (football)
Team nameLittle Tigers[3]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[4]
NewspaperThe Tower[6]
YearbookThe Prince[5]
Websitephs.princetonk12.org

Princeton High School (PHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Princeton, in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Princeton Public Schools district, which serves all public school students in Princeton. Students from Cranbury Township attend PHS as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Cranbury School District.[7][8] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1932 and is accredited through January 2026.[4]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,532 students and 130.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. There were 131 students (8.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 36 (2.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Birge was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e School data for Princeton High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Princeton High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 28, 2022.
  5. ^ The Prince Yearbook, Princeton High School. Accessed March 13, 2022.
  6. ^ The Tower, Princeton High School. Accessed March 13, 2022.
  7. ^ Princeton Public Schools 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 13, 2017. "As we strive to serve the more than 3700 students from the Princeton and Cranbury communities, we do so knowing that our work with them in the classroom, on the athletic field, and on the stage matters deeply to each one and to the larger society into which they will graduate."
  8. ^ Staff. "Cranbury trims 23 jobs in wake of aid reduction", The Times, March 25, 2010. Accessed July 14, 2011. "Cranbury public schools serve about 600 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The district's high school students attend Princeton High School."