Princeton High School (New Jersey)
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The entrance of the school - tower and flagpole.
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| 151 Moore Street Princeton, NJ 08540 |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1898 |
| Principal | Gary R. Snyder |
| Asst. principals | Jessica Baxter Harvey Highland Lori Rotz |
| Faculty | 126.0 FTEs |
| Enrollment | 1,519 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.1:1 |
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Blue and white |
| Athletics conference | Colonial Valley Conference |
| Team name | Little Tigers |
| Website | http://phs.princetonk12.org/ |
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 attend PHS as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Cranbury 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 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,519 students and 126.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1. There were 105 students (6.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 25 (1.6% 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.
Princeton High is located between Moore Street and Walnut Lane. The district middle school, John Witherspoon Middle School, is located across from the high school athletic fields on Walnut Lane.
The school offers 200 courses in many subjects and levels, including most of the courses in the Advanced Placement Program. More than 70% of students take at least one AP or accelerated course. Additionally, the High School Program at Princeton University permits qualified juniors and seniors to take free courses at Princeton University if they have exhausted all high school course alternatives within a discipline, receiving only high school credit for any university courses successfully completed.
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