Middle · West Virginia
Princeton Middle School
Free meals for allPrinceton Middle School, a public middle school in Princeton, West Virginia: grades 6–8, 488 students, 11.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mercer County Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 488
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.0
- Students per teacher
- 11.6
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in West Virginia
Median 13.2 · 110 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 79% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 62% of middle schools in West Virginia
Median 405 · 110 schools compared
Smaller than 54% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on West Virginia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
West Virginia: 46%39%proficient
+2.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 69% of middle schools in West Virginia
Median 43% · 109 middle schools compared
508 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · West Virginia General Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
West Virginia: 41%26%proficient
+4.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 78% of middle schools in West Virginia
Median 33% · 109 middle schools compared
509 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · West Virginia General Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant town
- Run by
- Mercer County Schools
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Mercer County Schools.
Location
- Address
- 300 N Johnston St, Princeton, WV 24740
- Phone
- (304)425-7517
- City or town
- Princeton
- County
- Mercer County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Pikeview Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 502 | 15.1 |
Bluefield Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 428 | 13.7 |
Graham MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 339 | 14.0 |
Peterstown Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 275 | 14.1 |
Mullens Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 144 | 12.3 |
| 6–8 | 599 | 13.3 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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