Rutgers Preparatory School is an independent coeducational college preparatory day school whose campus borders the Raritan River just west of New Brunswick, NJ. The oldest independent school in New Jersey, Rutgers Prep was established in 1766 under the same charter which established Queens College, later Rutgers College and now Rutgers, the state University of New Jersey. In 1957, the school reestablished itself as an institution independent of the University and moved to a 35-acre campus in Franklin Township. In 1993, Prep was one of eight independent schools to be designated Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. The school’s enrollment totals 715 students in the Primary (PK-4), Lower (Grades 1-4), Middle (5-8) and Upper (9-12) schools. The Upper School has 330 students and a teaching faculty of 50. There are 80 students in this year's senior class. The school’s student body commutes from a broad geographical area in Central New Jersey, coming from rural Hunterdon and Monmouth counties to the west and south, and Somerset, Middlesex and Union counties nearer to the New York Metropolitan area. This area is a “melting pot” and the school community is a microcosm of this ethnic and economic diversity. Call today to find out more!