Lawrenceville School
| The Lawrenceville School | |
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Virtus Semper Viridis
"Virtue is Always Green"
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Lawrenceville, NJ United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°17′39″N 74°43′30″W / 40.29414°N 74.72494°WCoordinates: 40°17′39″N 74°43′30″W / 40.29414°N 74.72494°W |
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| Type | Private, Day & Boarding, College-prep |
| Established | 1810 |
| Head Master | Stephen Sheals Murray |
| Faculty | 113.3 (on FTE basis) |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 817 (2013-14) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7.2:1 |
| Campus | 700 acres (2.8 km2) |
| Color(s) | Red/Black |
| Athletics conference | Mid-Atlantic Prep League, New Jersey Independent Schools Athletic Association |
| Sports | 21 sports teams |
| Mascot | Big Red |
| Rival | The Hill School |
| Accreditation | MSA |
| Average SAT scores | 670 critical reading 700 math 690 writing |
| Endowment | $374 Million (as of October 2014) |
| Affiliations |
NJAIS ESA TSAO |
| Website | www |
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Lawrenceville School
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Memorial Hall at Lawrenceville School
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Location in Mercer County, New Jersey
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| Location | Main Street, Lawrenceville, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°17′42″N 74°43′45″W / 40.29500°N 74.72917°W |
| Area | 17.74 acres (7.18 ha) |
| Architect | Peabody & Stearns; Frederick Law Olmsted |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Romanesque |
| NRHP Reference # | 86000158 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1986 |
| Designated NHLD | February 24, 1986 |
The Lawrenceville School is a coeducational, independent college preparatory boarding school for students in ninth through twelfth grades. The school is located on 700 acres (2.8 km2) in the historic Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
Lawrenceville is a member of the Eight Schools Association, begun informally in 1973–74 and formalized in 2006. Lawrenceville is also a member of the Ten Schools Admissions Organization, founded in 1966. There is a seven-school overlap of membership between the two groups. Lawrenceville was additionally formerly a member of the G20 Schools group. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.
As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 817 students and 113.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.2:1. Students came from 34 states and 40 countries. As of October 2014, its endowment stood at $374 million.
Lawrenceville received 1,894 formal applications for entrance in fall 2016, of which 354 were offered admission.
In its 2015 rankings, Business Insider ranked the school's tuition as the second-most expensive private high school tuition in the United States, with tuition and fees of $48,700 behind the $49,092 charged by Connecticut's Salisbury School. In the five years that the publication has report its rankings, it was the first time that Lawrenceville was not the top-ranked school.
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