Blog · Who feeds which college · October 2, 2026
The high school that sends the most students to Princeton University is Princeton High School
- Princeton High School reports 17 graduates per class year enrolling at Princeton University. Its list covers the Class of 2025. That is first of 176 schools whose published lists name Princeton University.
- The Lawrenceville School, also in New Jersey, is second. It reports 6.0 per class year, from 30 graduates over the last five years.
- Three of these ten schools are in Connecticut. Two each are in New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts. One is in California.
A matriculation list is where a school says its graduates enrolled. Per class year means the printed count, divided by the class years the list covers.
The school at the top
Princeton High School is a public school in Princeton, New Jersey. Its own list names Princeton University 17 times. The school labels that list "Class of 2025." That is one class year, so the per class year figure is also 17. The college sits in the same town.
The top 10
| Rank | High school | City, State | Type | Students per class year | Count as printed | Class years (the school's words) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton High School | Princeton, NJ | public | 17.0 | 17 | Class of 2025 |
| 2 | The Lawrenceville School | Lawrenceville, NJ | private | 6.0 | 30 | the last five years |
| 3 | Jericho Senior High School | Jericho, NY | public | 5.0 | 5 | Class of 2026 |
| 4 | Brunswick School | Greenwich, CT | private | 4.0 | 4 | Class of 2026 Matriculation; Composite Matriculation List of 2022-2026 (counted column: Class of 2026 Matriculation) |
| 5 | Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA | private | 4.0 | 4 | BY THE CLASSES OF 2021-2025 (counted column: CLASS OF '25) |
| 6 | The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT | private | 3.8 | 15 | Classes of 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 |
| 7 | Noble and Greenough School | Dedham, MA | private | 3.6 | 18 | 2021–2025 |
| 8 | Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT | private | 3.4 | 17 | Class of 2021-2025 |
| 9 | Milton Academy | Milton, MA | private | 3.3 | 10 | 2024-2026 |
| 10 | Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY | private | 3.0 | 18 | Higher Ed Enrollment 2021-2026 |
The pattern
The top ten sit in five states. Connecticut has three of them. New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts have two each. California has one. Two of the ten are in New Jersey, where Princeton University sits. The top figure is 17.0. The next is 6.0, at The Lawrenceville School. Then 5.0, at Jericho Senior High School.
On the acceptances side
Acceptances lists are a separate ranking. They say where students were admitted, not where they enrolled. The two are never mixed. Princeton High School is first on that list. It reports 19.0 per class year. That comes from 19 acceptances in the Class of 2025. The school labels the column "Number of Acceptances." Fourteen schools are ranked there.
What absence means
A school that is not on this list did not publish a numbered matriculation list we could read. That is all absence means. It is never a statement about its graduates.
See the full board, with the top 25 and the acceptances section: feeder schools for Princeton University. College page: Princeton University.
Boards as of October 2, 2026. Schools publish new lists every fall, so the live board is the current ranking.