Don Bosco Preparatory High School

Ramsey · NJ · Catholic religious-affiliated

Private

26 AP courses

At a glance

Programs & features
  • 26 AP courses offered (school profile)

Composed from the school's own published profile (2024), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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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

65%
admit rate
$17,929
in-state tuition/yr · $37,441 out-of-state
1270–1480
SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

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.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Their published college acceptances

College acceptances

Don Bosco Preparatory High School publishes the colleges that admitted its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 19 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
2020-2023 College Acceptances

Ramapo College Villanova University Yale University Stevens Institute of Technology Boston College Lehigh University Brown University Temple University Catholic University of America Columbia University Tufts University United States Naval Academy Amherst College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seton Hall University Cornell University University of Notre Dame Fordham University Georgetown University

These graduates were admitted to the colleges above.

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 860 in 2018 to 767 in 2022 — over 4 years.
-10.8%
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 Don Bosco Preparatory High School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.donboscoprep.org/admissions/ ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -2.8%/year, projecting from 2022's 767 students:

2023
745
2025
704
2027
665

≈ 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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
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%

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