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Wardlaw-Hartridge School

Edison · NJ · Private independent · K-12 combined

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📖18 AP courses 🏅5 National Merit Semifinalists

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Programs & features
  • 📚 18 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 5 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1390 (25-75: 1330–1460)
  • 📝 ACT avg 31.0 (25-75: 29–33)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 86.0% (avg score 4.1)

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How Wardlaw-Hartridge School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1390 (≈ top 6% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 31.0 (≈ top 7%) · 86% 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: John P. Stevens High School, South Plainfield High School, UNION REGIONAL SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Nearby high schools — the local competition

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

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
John P. Stevens High School
EDISON
Public 1.4 2,687 +3.2%
South Plainfield High School
SOUTH PLAINFIELD
Public 1.8 1,044 -0.3%
UNION REGIONAL SCHOOL
Scotch Plains
Public 1.8 7
Union County Magnet High School
SCOTCH PLAINS
Public 2.0 297 -3.6%
Academy For Allied Health Sciences
SCOTCH PLAINS
Public 2.0 308 -0.3%
Academy For Performing Arts
SCOTCH PLAINS
Public 2.0 242 +3.4%
Union County Career & Technical Institute
Scotch Plains
Public 2.0 67
Union County Tech
SCOTCH PLAINS
Public 2.0 502 -2.3%

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