Don Bosco Preparatory High School
Ramsey · NJ · Catholic religious-affiliated
📋 At a glance
- 📚 20 AP courses offered (school profile)
- 🏆 4 National Merit Semifinalists last year
- 📝 SAT avg 1350 (25-75: 1290–1420)
- 📝 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.
How Don Bosco Preparatory High School compares for families
What families should know about Don Bosco Preparatory High School.
- ▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: St Joseph Regional High School, Immaculate Heart Academy, Bergen Catholic High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Your state's public flagship
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $24,406/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
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 Don Bosco Preparatory High School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.donboscoprep.org/admissions/school-profile ↗
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -2.8%/year, projecting from 2022's 767 students:
≈ 102 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 102 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $1,632,000/year in tuition at risk.
Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Regional High School Montvale |
Private | 3.7 | 458 | +93.2% |
| Immaculate Heart Academy Washington Township |
Private | 6.3 | 625 | -12.0% |
| Bergen Catholic High School Oradell |
Private | 9.0 | 695 | +4.2% |
| Mary Help Of Christians Academy North Haledon |
Private | 9.1 | 154 | +8.5% |
| De Paul Catholic High School Wayne |
Private | 9.7 | 465 | -14.8% |
| Hawthorne Christian Academy Hawthorne |
Private | 6.8 | 398 | +5.9% |
| Naaleh High School For Girls Fair Lawn |
Private | 7.4 | 173 | — |
| Eastern Christian High School North Haledon |
Private | 9.1 | 292 | -21.1% |