Regular local school district · Mille Lacs County
Princeton Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Princeton Public School District runs 12 public schools with 3,291 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.9 students per teacher is 1.7 higher than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "PRINCETON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 3,291
- Teachers (FTE)
- 195
- Students per teacher
- 16.9
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 706 1st St, Princeton, MN 55371
- Phone
- (763)389-2422
- County
- Mille Lacs County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2730030
- State district ID
- MN-010477
- Total staff (FTE)
- 414
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 658 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.9
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,211), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $45.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.8 million
- State revenue
- $32.3 million
- Local revenue
- $9.3 million
- Total spending
- $44.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,732
- Salaries
- $23.2 million52.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $38.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.4%
- State: 71.1%
- Local: 20.5%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,732
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Princeton Public School District
By level: 6 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Credit Recovery | High | 9 to 12 | 19 | |
| Early Childhood Special Education | Prekindergarten | PK | 100 | |
| M Health Fairview C&T | High | 6 to 12 | 2 | |
| Onward Transition Program | High | 12 | 11 | |
| Princeton Area Learning Center | High | 9 to 12 | 24 | |
| Princeton High School | High | 9 to 12 | 940 | 18.4 |
| Princeton Intermediate School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 675 | 15.7 |
| Princeton Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 740 | 19.0 |
| Princeton Online MN | High | 9 to 12 | 63 | |
| Princeton Online MN 6-8 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 25 | |
| Princeton Online MN K-5 | Elementary | K to 5 | 53 | |
| Princeton Primary School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 639 | 11.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Mille Lacs County
- Milaca Public School District 1,639 students
- Onamia Public School District 556 students
- Isle Public School District 394 students
More in Minnesota
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.