NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools WV

Best-Resourced Schools in Princeton, WV

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11 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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11
Schools
4,778
Students
36.4/100
Avg Resource Index
17.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Princeton has more public-school enrollment than 53% 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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Princeton's list includes 5 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 37-point gap between Mercer Elementary and Pikeview 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 47%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
30th percentile
Teacher staffing
32nd percentile

Princeton Senior High School accounts for 19.4% of all Princeton public-school enrollment

That 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

Princeton school enrollment varies 5.5× across entities

Princeton school enrollment ranges from 168 students (lowest) to 925 students (highest), a spread of 757 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

Princeton operates one school district — a single-district system

Princeton's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Princeton student-teacher ratio is 17.2:1 — 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

# School Score
1. Mercer Elementary 51
2. Princeton Middle School 49
3. Glenwood School (K-8) 43
4. Straley Elementary School 43
5. Pikeview Middle School 41
6. Melrose Elementary School 41
7. Princeton Primary School 33
8. Oakvale School 32
9. Silver Springs Early Learning Center 28
10. Princeton Senior High School 25
11. Pikeview High School 14

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.

  1. 1 Silver Springs Early Learning Center 46.4/100
  2. 2 Princeton Primary School 39.9/100
  3. 3 Princeton Middle School 38.8/100
  4. 4 Straley Elementary School 37.2/100
  5. 5 Mercer Elementary 34.8/100

What do families ask about schools in Princeton?

Which Princeton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Mercer Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Princeton schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Princeton, WV? ▼

Princeton has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,778 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.2:1.

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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.