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Rutgers Preparatory School

Somerset · NJ · Private independent · K-12 combined

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📖22 AP courses 📝SAT 1430 avg 🏅8 National Merit Semifinalists

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Programs & features
  • 📚 22 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 8 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1430 (25-75: 1370–1500)
  • 📝 ACT avg 32.0 (25-75: 30–34)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 88.0% (avg score 4.2)

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 Rutgers Preparatory School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1430 (≈ top 4% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 32.0 (≈ top 4%) · 88% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 8 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: NuView Academy, Somerset Bible Baptist Christian Ac, Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 586 in 2018 to 647 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+10.4%
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 Rutgers Preparatory School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.rutgersprep.org/admissions/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +2.5%/year, projecting from 2022's 647 students:

2023
663
2025
697
2027
732

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

Revenue upside

At tuition per student, the 85 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $1,360,000/year in tuition upside.

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
NuView Academy
PISCATAWAY
Public 0.3 11
Somerset Bible Baptist Christian Ac
Somerset
Private 0.9 68 -17.1%
Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School
Somerset
Public · charter 1.4 167 +12.1%
An-Noor Academy
Piscataway
Private 1.4 332 +0.6%
Piscataway Township High School
PISCATAWAY
Public 1.9 2,144 +3.0%
New Road School Of Somerset
Somerset
Private 2.8 70 -38.6%
Franklin High School
Somerset
Public 3.0 2,134 +0.7%
New Brunswick High School
NEW BRUNSWICK
Public 3.2 2,443 +5.5%

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