NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Princeton, IL

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

5 public K-12 schools in Princeton from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

1,570

Students

35.2/100

Avg Resource Index

15.6:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Princeton has more public-school enrollment than 6% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Princeton's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

3 of Princeton's 5 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 14-point gap between Lincoln Elem School and Princeton High School shows the range hidden by Princeton's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment: Top 94%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 26th percentile
Teacher staffing: 47th percentile

Princeton High School accounts for 30.5% of all Princeton public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Princeton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Princeton school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities

Princeton school enrollment ranges from 211 students (lowest) to 479 students (highest), a spread of 268 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Princeton student-teacher ratio is 15.6:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Princeton is typically wider than the Princeton-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Lincoln Elem School	44	211	elementary	Princeton Esd 115
2.	Logan Jr High School	38	443	elementary	Princeton Esd 115
3.	Jefferson Elem School	34	220	elementary	Princeton Esd 115
4.	Princeton High School	30	479	high	Princeton Hsd 500
5.	Douglas Elementary School	30	217	Combined	Princeton Esd 115

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Princeton

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which Princeton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lincoln Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Princeton schools in this federal-data comparison at 44/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Princeton, IL? ▼

Princeton has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,570 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.