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St Peters Preparatory School

Jersey City · NJ · Catholic religious-affiliated

Private
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📖22 AP courses 🏅5 National Merit Semifinalists

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Programs & features
  • 📚 22 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 5 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1360 (25-75: 1300–1430)
  • 📝 ACT avg 30.0 (25-75: 28–32)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 82.0% (avg score 4.0)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How St Peters Preparatory School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1360 (≈ top 6% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 30.0 (≈ top 10%) · 82% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 5 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
  • LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: James J Ferris High School, Dr Ronald McNair High School, BelovED Community Charter School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 947 in 2018 to 908 in 2022 — over 4 years.
-4.1%
Why only 3 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see St Peters Preparatory School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.spprep.org/admissions/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -1.0%/year, projecting from 2022's 908 students:

2023
899
2025
880
2027
862

≈ 46 fewer students by 2027 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At tuition per student, the 46 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $736,000/year in tuition at risk.

Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
James J Ferris High School
JERSEY CITY
Public 0.8 1,364 +14.5%
Dr Ronald McNair High School
JERSEY CITY
Public 0.9 716 +1.7%
BelovED Community Charter School
Jersey City
Public · charter 1.0 479 +34.6%
Academy of Technology Design
Jersey City
Public 1.1 235 +32.8%
County Prep High School
JERSEY CITY
Public 1.1 892 -6.5%
Regional Day School
JERSEY CITY
Public 1.2 32
William L Dickinson High School
JERSEY CITY
Public 1.2 1,786 -2.3%
Lincoln High School
JERSEY CITY
Public 1.6 767 -13.1%

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