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Grades
  
K-12

Business administrator
  
Stephanie Kennedy

Student-teacher ratio
  
11.27:1

Number of students
  
3,347

Faculty
  
296.9

Superintendent
  
Steve Cochrane

Enrollment
  
3,347 (as of 2011-12)

District Factor Group
  
I

Schools
  
6

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Princeton Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Students from Cranbury Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship. The district administration building is at 25 Valley Road in Princeton.

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Map of Princeton Public Schools, Princeton, NJ, USA

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 3,347 students and 296.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.27:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

Residents of Princeton University's housing complexes for graduate students with families, Butler Apartments, Lawrence Apartments, and Stanworth Apartments, are zoned to the district.

Awards and recognition

In 2000-01, the district was recognized by the New Jersey Department of Education with the Best Practices award for its Jefferson Debates Citizenship / Character Education program for students in Grades 6-8.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary Schools
  • Community Park Elementary School (grades K-5; 305 students)
  • Dineen Gruchacz, Principal
  • Johnson Park Elementary School (PreK-5; 351)
  • Dr. Robert Ginsberg, Principal
  • Littlebrook Elementary School (PreK-5; 342)
  • Anna Kosek, Principal
  • Riverside Elementary School (PreK-5; 255)
  • Paul Chapin, Interim Principal
    • Middle School
  • John Witherspoon Middle School with 719 students in grades 6-8
  • Jason Burr, Principal
    • High School
  • Princeton High School with 1,375 students in grades 9-12
  • Gary Snyder, Principal

    • Former schools

  • Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children, educated the African-American students of Princeton from 1858 until desegregation in 1948.
  • Valley Road School educated children in Princeton Township from 1918 until 1980 when it was converted to offices. It was the first school constructed in the former Princeton Township by the regional district and became the district's first integrated elementary school in 1948.

    • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Steve Cochrane, Superintendent
  • Stephanie Kennedy, Business Administrator

    • References

    Princeton Public Schools Wikipedia
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