Princeton High School (Minnesota)
Public high school in Princeton, Minnesota, United States
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Princeton High School is a public secondary school located on 807 Eighth Avenue South in Princeton Minnesota, United States. The school is part of the Princeton Independent School District 477.
| Princeton High School | |
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| Location | |
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807 Eighth Avenue South , 55371 United States 45.5601°N 93.5856°W | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public High School |
School district | Princeton Independent School District 477 |
Principal | Ryan Jensen |
Teaching staff | 52.51 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 974[1] (2023-2024) |
Student to teacher ratio | 18.55[1] |
Campus type | Suburb |
| Colors | Orange and Black |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Website | Princeton Independent School District |
Academics
Princeton High School operates on an 7:50 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. schedule, which includes six class periods and a sixty-minute lunch/advisory period. Students may not leave campus during this time due to the school's closed campus policy (with the exception of being taken to lunch by a parent or guardian).[2]
"Coke Geysers" world record attempt
The Princeton High School Student Council organized a community effort to break the world record for simultaneously erupting coke geysers on May 27, 2011. The current record - 2,854 bottles - was set in October 2010 in the Philippines.[3] Hundreds of students participated with a goal of setting off a series of 3,000 geysers,[4] a figure they exceeded with 3,051 total simultaneous eruptions. However, Guinness Book of World Record personnel did not officiate the event and never made the record official.[5] Students say the idea grew from a plan for a graduation prank into a way to put their small town on the map.[4] A video[6] of the attempt was broadcast on Minnesota NBC News affiliate Kare 11 and edited by a YouTube user named Physics314Nerd.
Notable alumni
- Jerome P. Peterson (1954), former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- Charles R. Davis (1963), former member of the Minnesota Senate
- Bob Backlund (1967), professional wrestler, WWE Hall of Famer
- Paul Sather (1990), basketball coach for the North Dakota Fighting Hawks[7]
- Clay Matvick (1991), sportscaster[8]
- Jared Berggren (2009), basketball player who played overseas[9]
