Newark Academy
| Newark Academy | |
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Ad lumen
Toward Enlightenment
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| Address | |
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91 South Orange Avenue Livingston, NJ 07039 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Independent Coeducational |
| Established | 1774 |
| Founder | Alexander Macwhorter |
| Principal | Tom Ashburn (Middle School) Dr. Richard DiBianca (Upper School) |
| Head of school | Donald Austin |
| Faculty | 67.8 |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Enrollment | 583 (as of 2013-14) |
| Average class size | 13 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8.6:1 |
| Campus | 68 acres (280,000 m2) |
| Color(s) |
Red and Black |
| Athletics | 23 sports |
| Athletics conference | Super Essex Conference |
| Team name | Minuteman |
| Accreditation |
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools New Jersey Association of Independent Schools |
| Average SAT scores | 2070 |
| Average ACT scores | 32 |
| Publication | Prisms (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | The Minuteman |
| Yearbook | Polymnian |
| Website | www |
Newark Academy is a coeducational private day school located in Livingston, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in sixth through twelfth grades. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.
Newark Academy is one of several pre-Revolutionary War schools still operating in the United States and is considered the seventh-oldest private school in the country and the second-oldest day school in the state of New Jersey (behind Rutgers Preparatory School). The Academy was founded in 1774 by Alexander MacWhorter, a leading cleric and advisor to George Washington, and was located on Market Street in Downtown Newark. Temporarily closed after being burned by the British during the Revolutionary War, the school reopened in new quarters in 1792. In 1802, the Academy opened a separate division for girls, but the innovative program was closed in 1859. After 1929, it moved to First Street in the Roseville section of Newark. Finally, in 1964, the Academy moved from Newark to its current location, a 68-acre (280,000 m2) campus in Livingston, and became fully co-educational in 1971.
As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 583 students and 67.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.6:1.
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