Rutgers Preparatory School

Somerset · NJ · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

At a glance

Academic signals
  • SAT 25-75: 1155–1465
  • ACT 25-75: 20–33

Composed from the school's own published profile (2025), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Rutgers Preparatory School compares for families

What families should know about Rutgers Preparatory School.

  • LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: New Road School Of Somerset, The Center School, Wardlaw-Hartridge 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, Classes of 2021 - 2025

Rutgers Preparatory School publishes the colleges that admitted its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 266 colleges, in the document's own order.

Adelphi University American University Arcadia University Arizona State University Babson College Bard College Bentley University Binghamton University Boston College Boston University Brandeis University Brown University Bryant University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University California College of the Arts California Institute of the Arts California Polytechnic State Univ. Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University (2) Case Western Reserve Univ. (3) Champlain College Christopher Newport University Clark University Clarkson University Clemson University Coastal Carolina University Colby College Colgate University College for Creative Studies
and 236 more
College of Charleston College of William & Mary Colorado School of Mines Columbia University Connecticut College Cornell University CUNY Macaulay Honors College Dartmouth College Davidson College Delaware State University Denison University Dickinson College Dominican University, New York Drew University Drexel University (3) Duke Kunshan University Duke University Duquesne University Eckerd College Elmira College Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. Emerson College Emory University (3) Emory & Henry College Endicott College Fairfield University Florida A&M University Florida Institute of Technology Florida State University Fordham University (2) Franklin & Marshall College Furman University Gannon University Gardner-Webb University George Mason University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College Grinnell College Guilford College Hamilton College Hampton University Harvard University Haverford College High Point University Hobart & William Smith Colleges Hofstra University Howard University (3) IE University - Segovia Illinois Institute of Technology Imperial College London Indiana University, Bloomington Iowa State University Ithaca College James Madison University Johns Hopkins University King's College Lafayette College Lehigh University (3) Long Island University Louisiana State University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Maryland Lynn University Manhattan University Marist University Maryland Institute College of Art Marymount Manhattan College Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University (2) Methodist University Miami University, Oxford Michigan State University Middlebury College Montclair State University Moravian University Morehouse College Morgan State University Muhlenberg College Neumann University New Jersey City University New Jersey Institute of Technology New York Institute of Technology New York University (3) North Carolina State University Northeastern University (4) Northwestern University Nova Southeastern University Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio Northern University Oregon State University Otis College of Art & Design Pace University Penn State University Pepperdine University Pomona College Pratt Institute Princeton University Providence College Purchase College, SUNY Purdue University Quinnipiac University Ramapo College of New Jersey Raritan Valley Community College Reed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island School of Design Rhodes College Rice University Ringling College of Art & Design Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College Roosevelt University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rowan University Royal Holloway, University of London Rutgers University, Camden Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick (11) Rutgers University, Newark (2) Sacred Heart University Saint Joseph's University San Diego State University Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art & Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago Scripps College Seton Hall University Skidmore College Smith College Southern Methodist University Spelman College St. Bonaventure University St. John's University St. Lawrence University Stanford University Stevens Institute of Technology (3) Stockton University Stony Brook University Susquehanna University Swarthmore College Syracuse University Temple University Texas A&M University The American University of Paris The College of New Jersey The George Washington Univ. (5) The New School The Ohio State University The University of Alabama The University of Chicago The University of Texas at Austin Towson University Trinity College Dublin Tufts University Tulane University Tuskegee University Union College United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy University College London Universiteit van Amsterdam University of Arizona University of Bristol University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Cincinnati University of Colorado, Boulder University of Connecticut University of Delaware University of Edinburgh University of Florida University of Georgia University of Hartford Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2) University of Iowa University of Louisville University of Manchester University of Maryland University of Massachusetts University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Missouri University of New England University of New Hampshire University of North Carolina University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh (2) University of Rhode Island University of Richmond University of Rochester University of San Diego University of Scranton University of South Carolina University of South Florida University of Southern California University of St Andrews University of Tampa University of Tennessee University of Toronto University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Washington University of Waterloo University of Wisconsin, Madison Ursinus College Vanderbilt University Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Tech Wagner College Wake Forest University Washington University in St. Louis (2) Wellesley College Wentworth Institute of Technology Wesleyan University West Chester University West Virginia University Whitman College Wilkes University William Paterson University Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Xavier University of Louisiana Yale University

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Independently verified As published by Rutgers Preparatory School — School Profile 2025-2026 ↗. Found at: p.3, 'College Acceptances Classes of 2021 - 2025' (bold names in the original PDF mark Class-of-2025 choices — bolding lost in text extraction, not reproduced h.

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 2025-26): rutgerspreporg.finalsite.com/uploaded/college_cou… ↗

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.

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
New Road School Of Somerset
Somerset
Private 2.8 70 -38.6%
The Center School
Somerset
Private 3.5 73 -27.0%
Wardlaw-Hartridge School
Edison
Private 7.7 449
Bonnie Brae School
Liberty Corner
Private 9.9 66 -25.0%
First Children School
Fanwood
Private 10.0 85 +26.9%
Newmark High School
Scotch Plains
Private 10.5 68 -5.6%
New Road School Of Parlin
Parlin
Private 10.9 24
Flex School
Berkeley Hts
Private 11.3 76

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