6 Princeton Schools Among Best For Grades K-8: U.S. News

PRINCETON, NJ — Several elementary and middle schools in YOUR PATCH TOWN have been ranked among the best in YOUR STATE, according to a brand-new ranking released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

For the inaugural list, U.S. News published rankings and data on more than 80,000 public elementary and middle schools across the United States.

Schools are ranked at the state and district levels. The best charter schools and best magnet schools ranked as stand-alone categories.

Princeton Charter School was ranked 13th in the state for elementary school and 6th statewide for middle school.

Here’s a look at how elementary schools in Princeton ranked compared with others in the state:

13: Princeton Charter School
202: Johnson Park Elementary School
218: Littlebrook Elementary School
377: Riverside Elementary School
515: Community Park Elementary School

Here’s how the middle schools in Princeton measured up:
6. Princeton Charter School
49. Princeton Middle School

To determine the rankings, U.S. News used data from the U.S. Department of Education to analyze two areas at each school:

• Math and reading proficiency — or how well students perform on state assessments.
• Math and reading performance — or how well they perform compared with expectations.

The state assessment data used in the rankings is from the 2018-19 school year and, therefore, predates any effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on test-taking.

Nationally, California has 5,534 ranked elementary schools — the most of any state — followed by Texas at 4,446; New York at 2,211; Florida at 2,128; and Illinois at 2,038 schools.

California also has the most ranked middle schools with 2,319, followed by Texas at 1,942; Illinois at 1,243; New York at 1,219; and Florida at 997.

See the complete list of 2021’s Best K-8 Schools.