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What families should know about Princeton Day School.

  • LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Princeton International Schl Of Math And Science, The Hun School of Princeton, Princeton Child Development Institute and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Your state's public flagship

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

65%
admit rate
$17,929
in-state tuition/yr · $37,441 out-of-state
1270–1480
SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $24,406/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Their published matriculation list

Where the Class of 2026 enrolled

Princeton Day School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 63 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

College  ·  Students

New York University 8
Cornell University 5
Boston University 4
Rutgers University 4
Columbia University 3
Princeton University 3
Syracuse University 3
Villanova University 3
Barnard College 2
Brown University 2
George Washington University 2
Johns Hopkins University 2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2
Muhlenberg College 2
Stanford University 2
The University of Texas at Austin 2
University of Delaware 2
University of Maryland 2
University of Michigan 2
University of Pennsylvania 2
University of Southern California 2
Vanderbilt University 2
Wesleyan University 2
Boston College 1
Bryn Mawr College 1
Bucknell University 1
Carleton College 1
Carnegie Mellon University 1
Case Western Reserve University 1
Clemson University 1
and 33 more
Columbia University/Trinity Dublin Dual Degree 1
Drexel University - BS/MD Program 1
University of Edinburgh 1

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Princeton Day School — College Counseling > Matriculation page ↗. Found at: "Matriculation" page, Class of 2026 tab (accordion also lists Classes of 2025/2024/2023/2022/2021 as separate tabs, not fetched -- only one record per school re.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 958 in 2018 to 941 in 2022 — over 4 years.
-1.8%
Why only 3 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -0.4%/year, projecting from 2022's 941 students:

2023
937
2025
928
2027
920

≈ 21 fewer students by 2027 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At tuition per student, the 21 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $336,000/year in tuition at risk.

Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Princeton International Schl Of Math And Science
Princeton
Private 1.5 117
The Hun School of Princeton
Princeton
Private 1.7 669 +3.9%
Princeton Child Development Institute
Princeton
Private 2.9 31
Fusion Academy Princeton
Princeton
Private 4.1 42
The Lawrenceville School
Lawrenceville
Private 5.1 818 +0.1%
Cambridge School
Pennington
Private 6.0 123 -8.9%
Sage Day Princeton
Rochelle Park
Private 7.1 12
The Newgrange School
Pennington
Private 7.2 83 -9.8%

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