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Princeton Day School
Colross, the school administration building, a Georgian mansion relocated from Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
Location
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Princeton, NJ United States
Coordinates	40°21′43″N 74°41′26″W / 40.362075°N 74.690603°W / 40.362075; -74.690603Coordinates: 40°21′43″N 74°41′26″W / 40.362075°N 74.690603°W / 40.362075; -74.690603
Information
Type	Private, Independent
Motto	Semper Luceat (Always Shine)
Established	1899
Head of School	Paul Stellato
Faculty	121.1 FTEs
Grades	PreK–12
Gender	coeducational
Enrollment	926 (as of 2015-16, plus 15 in PreK)
Student to teacher ratio	7.7:1
Campus	103 acres (0.42 km2)
Color(s)	Blue and      white
Athletics	22 interscholastic sports
Athletics conference	Patriot Conference
Team name	Panthers
Average SAT scores	645 Verbal 649 Math 654 Essay
Endowment	$43,000,000
Tuition	$27,280 (PreK–4) / $31,890 (5–6) / $33,430 (7–12)
Website	www.pds.org

Princeton Day School is a private coeducational day school located in Princeton, New Jersey, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The largest division is the Upper School (grades 9–12), with an enrollment of approximately 400. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1989.

As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 926 students (plus 15 in PreK) and 121.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.7:1.

Of the 2011 graduating class of Princeton Day School seniors, a third were honored as semi-finalists or commended scholars in the National Merit Scholarship Program. In the five years through 2011, the most common schools for members of the PDS graduating classes were University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Lehigh University, New York University and Boston University.

The school is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools and the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools.