PCS believes that learners acquire genuine self-esteem through the challenge of academic accomplishment. The school has high expectations so that all its students  acquire the knowledge and skills they need for success in their further education and careers.

PCS’s mission is to provide its diverse student body the best possible education by focusing on the fundamental academic disciplines in an atmosphere that affirms academic achievement, and in so doing, to offer the community true choice in public education. Princeton Charter School believes that a thorough and efficient education is best accomplished through a rigorous curriculum that requires mastery of core knowledge and skills.

Princeton Charter School is one of 13 new public schools established in New Jersey in 1997. More charter schools have opened every year since 1997. These public schools are open to all students, are funded by taxpayer dollars, and are governed by their own School Boards, which are separate from the local districts’  Board of Education.  The PCS board follows the Sunshine Laws and is regulated by the NJDOE and state laws.