Wardlaw-Hartridge School

Edison · NJ · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

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22 AP courses

At a glance

Programs & features

22 AP courses offered (school profile)

Academic signals

ACT 25-75: 26–32

Worth knowing: The ACT figures pool four years and 46 test-takers in total — the school notes that relatively few of its students take the ACT. The AP number is the course catalog; not every course runs every year.

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

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How Wardlaw-Hartridge School compares for families

What families should know about Wardlaw-Hartridge School.

▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Newmark High School, First Children School, Honor Ridge Academy 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 matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

Wardlaw+Hartridge School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 108 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
2020-2024

Alfred University Alvernia University Amherst College* Babson College Barnard College* Bentley College* Binghamton University Boston University* Brown University* Bryant University* Bucknell University California State Polytechnic University (Pomona) Carnegie Mellon University* Case Western Reserve University* Claremont McKenna College Colgate University* Columbia University* Connecticut College Cooper Union Cornell University* Delaware State University Dickinson College* Drew University* Drexel University* Elon University Emerson College* Emory University* Fairfield University Fairleigh Dickinson University* Fordham University*

and 78 more

Franklin & Marshall College George Washington University* Georgetown University* Georgia Institute of Technology Hampton University Harvard University Indiana University (Bloomington) Johns Hopkins University King's College Lawrence University Lehigh University* Loyola University Maryland Marist College* Marywood University McDaniel College Middlesex College* Muhlenberg College* New York Institute of Technology New York University* Northeastern University* Ohio Wesleyan University Oxford College of Emory University Parsons School of Design at The New School Pennsylvania State University* Princeton University* Providence College Purdue University Ramapo College of New Jersey Raritan Valley Community College* Reed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute* Rhode Island School of Design Rider University Rochester Institute of Technology* Rowan University Rutgers University (New Brunswick)* Rutgers University (Newark)* Sacred Heart University* Seton Hall University* Skidmore College* Spelman College Stevens Institute of Technology* Syracuse University Temple University The College of New Jersey* The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Arts The University of Findlay Trinity College Tufts University* Tulane University of Louisiana University of British Columbia* University of California, Berkeley* University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine* University of California, San Diego* University of California, Santa Barbara University of Chicago University of Connecticut University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign* University of Kentucky University of Maryland Eastern Shore University of Massachusetts (Boston)* University of Miami* University of Michigan University of New Haven University of North Texas University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania* University of Rochester* University of Toronto University of Washington (Seattle) Vassar College* Villanova University* Washington University in St. Louis* Wesleyan University William & Mary College Williams College Yale University*

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Wardlaw+Hartridge School — 2024-2025 School Profile ↗. Found at: p.4, 'Five Year Matriculation List 2020-2024'.

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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
Newmark High School Scotch Plains	Private	2.8	68	-5.6%
First Children School Fanwood	Private	3.2	85	+26.9%
Honor Ridge Academy Clark	Private	3.7	75	-10.7%
Cornerstone Day School Cranford	Private	6.2	118	+24.2%
Kohler Academy Mountainside	Private	6.2	34	—
Flex School Berkeley Hts	Private	6.5	76	—
Flexschool Berkeley Heights	Private	6.5	77	—
Rutgers Preparatory School Somerset	Private	7.7	647	+10.4%

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