Princeton High School (New Jersey)

Princeton High School (New Jersey)

Princeton High School (PHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Princeton Public Schools district, which serves all public school students in Princeton. Students from Cranbury Township also attend PHS as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Cranbury Township School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1932.

As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,420 students and 103.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.76:1. There were 73 students (5.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 29 (2.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

PHS is notable for its high academic standards and strong arts programs that rival many of the nation's private schools. The school consistently ranks amongst the top open-admissions public high schools in the state concerning SAT scores, and was ranked first in the state amongst open-admissions schools in 2009.

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