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Princeton Schools' Report Card
New Jersey’s Department of Education has just released its annual School Report Card, and it shows that Princeton Regional Schools spent $17,421 per pupil last year, the highest average in Mercer County. That represents a six percent increase from the 2008-09 average of $16,407.
Some highlights:
- 98% of Princeton High School students graduate
- 83.8% go on to a four-year college
- the average SAT scores were: Math=635, Verbal=611, and Essay=614 (The state averages are: Math=520, Verbal=497, and Essay=499)
- Median Administrators salary=$136,888, compared to $130,268 last year.
- Median Faculty salary=$73,286, compared to $69,829 last year.
- and here is a breakdown of how that $17,421 per pupil is spent:
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2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | ||
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District Budget |
State Average |
District Actual |
State Average |
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| Classroom - Salaries and Benefits | $9,536 | $7,645 | $9,099 | $7,378 |
| Classroom - General Supplies/Textbooks | $434 | $292 | $378 | $280 |
| Classroom - Purchased Services and Other | $230 | $193 | $193 | $192 |
| Total Classroom Instruction | $10,200 | $8,130 | $9,669 | $7,858 |
| Support Services - Salaries and Benefits | $2,786 | $1,962 | $2,720 | $1,836 |
| Support Services - other | $353 | $252 | $266 | $265 |
| Total Support Services | $3,139 | $2,214 | $2,986 | $2,101 |
| Administration - Salaries and Benefits | $1,201 | $1,143 | $1,165 | $1,125 |
| Administration - other | $196 | $262 | $150 | $243 |
| Total Administration Costs | $1,397 | $1,405 | $1,315 | $1,368 |
| Op./Maint. of Plant - Salaries and Benefits | $1,259 | $895 | $1,102 | $854 |
| Op./Maint. of Plant - other | $919 | $836 | $861 | $787 |
| Total Operations and Maintenance of Plant | $2,178 | $1,731 | $1,963 | $1,641 |
| Total Food Services Costs | $0 | $14 | $7 | $23 |
| Total Extracurricular Costs | $458 | $252 | $422 | $238 |
| (1)TOTAL COMPARATIVE COST PER PUPIL | $17,421 | $13,833 | $16,407 | $12,983 |
The full DOE report card, by school, can be viewed by clicking on the links below:
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About the Author
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Donna Liu is a digital journalist who has lived in Princeton with her family since 2002. She founded AllPrinceton in 2010 as an online hub for community news and information. At Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, she built UChannel - an online archive of public affairs lectures in academia. Before that she established and managed CNN International's Asia Production Center in Hong Kong.
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It would be good to remember the Princeton Regional test results, which I think are the highest in Mercer County. I had an examination to be approved in NYC dentists last week and there I heard that Princeton High School has the highest average SAT scores of any public high school general enrollment in New Jersey.
I am a trustee at Princeton Charter School and I notice that your article omits our results. Since we are the other public school available to Princeton residents, a complete story should include our performance and per-pupil funding. The link is under "charters" which are reported separately from the county results.
Please double-check your facts: Princeton does not have the highest per-pupil expenditure in the state.
Thank you for catching that. The article has been corrected to reflect that it is the highest per-pupil spending in Mercer County.
Thank you. It would be good to point out Princeton Regional's test scores, which I'm guessing are among the highest in Mercer County. One thing is for certain, as was reported elsewhere: Princeton High School has the highest average SAT scores of any general-enrollment public high school in New Jersey. When reporting spending AND test scores, people see what they're paying for. Thank you again.