Peddie School
| Peddie School | |
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| Address | |
| 201 South Main Street Hightstown, NJ 08520 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private, Boarding |
| Motto |
Finimus Pariter Renovamusque Labores We finish our labors only to begin anew |
| Religious affiliation(s) | founded as American Baptist |
| Established | 1864 |
| Headmaster | Peter Quinn |
| Faculty | 79.0 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9–12 and post-graduate |
| Enrollment | 542 (as of 2015-16, including 13 postgraduate) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
| Campus | Suburban, 280 acres (1.1-km²) |
| Color(s) |
Blue and Gold |
| Athletics conference | Mid-Atlantic Prep League |
| Team name | Falcons |
| Rival | Blair Academy |
| Average SAT scores | 1844 |
| Endowment | $326.7 million (as of June 30, 2015) |
| Tuition | $47,000 (day) $56,100 (boarding) |
| Website | www.peddie.org |
Peddie School is a college preparatory school in Hightstown, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is a non-denominational, coeducational boarding school located on a 280‑acre (1.1-km²) campus, and serves students in the ninth through twelfth grades, plus a small post-graduate class. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.
In its 2015 rankings, Business Insider ranked the school's tuition as the 18th most expensive private high school tuition in the United States, with tuition and fees of $44,800. The site ranked Peddie 13th on its 2015 list of the Most Elite Boarding Schools In The US, with rankings based on the size of each school's endowment, average SAT scores and selectivity.
For the 2015-16 academic year, Peddie School enrolled 542 young men and women in grades 9 through post-graduate and had 79 faculty members (on an FTE basis) for a student-teacher ratio of 6:1. Peddie had 62% of students in residence. The student body represented 26 states as well as 29 foreign countries. Peddie had an average class size of 12. The senior class of 2015 was composed of 141 seniors, including 13 post-graduate students.
Peter Quinn succeeded John Green as head of school in 2013.
What is now the Peddie School was founded as an American Baptist school, The Hightstown Female Seminary, in 1864. Later that year, boys were admitted and it changed its name for the first time, to New Jersey Classical and Scientific Institute. In 1872, it became the Peddie Institute in honor of philanthropist and politician Thomas B. Peddie, who gave the school $25,000 ($500,000 in 2015 dollars). In 1923 the school was formally renamed The Peddie School, which is as it remained until 2005 when the school was renamed Peddie School and the present logo was created.
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