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School Overview

Kent Place is an independent, nonsectarian, college-preparatory day school which, for over 100 years, has provided a superior education for young women who demonstrate strong scholastic and creative ability. Our mission is to offer students of diverse backgrounds, in nursery school through grade twelve, an academically rigorous curriculum in a caring atmosphere; to encourage them to contribute to and find success in this challenging program; to inspire young women to leadership; and to strengthen moral awareness. Committed to a liberal arts education that combines tradition and innovation, Kent Place provides the stimulus for each student to achieve her full academic, physical, and creative potential; to love learning; to gain confidence; to live responsibly; to develop respect for herself and others in the global community.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$38995
Enrollment
633
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
80%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:7
AP
23

Matriculation

(2012-2015)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 1 +
#2 Harvard College 1 +
#3 Yale University 1 +
#4 Columbia University 1 +
#4 Stanford University 1 +
#4 University of Chicago 1 +
LAC #1 Williams College 1 +
#7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 +
#8 Duke University 1 +
#9 University of Pennsylvania 1 +
#10 California Institute of Technology 1 +
#10 Johns Hopkins University 1 +
LAC #2 Amherst College 1 +
#12 Dartmouth College 1 +
#12 Northwestern University 1 +
#14 Brown University 1 +
#15 Cornell University 1 +
#15 Vanderbilt University 1 +
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +
LAC #3 Swarthmore College 1 +
#18 University of Notre Dame 1 +
#20 University of California: Berkeley 1 +
LAC #4 Bowdoin College 1 +
LAC #4 Middlebury College 1 +
LAC #4 Pomona College 1 +
#21 Emory University 1 +
#21 Georgetown University 1 +
#23 Carnegie Mellon University 1 +
#23 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
#23 University of Southern California 1 +
#26 University of Virginia 1 +
#27 Tufts University 1 +
#27 Wake Forest University 1 +
#29 University of Michigan 1 +
#30 Boston College 1 +
#30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +
#32 New York University 1 +
#33 University of Rochester 1 +
#34 College of William and Mary 1 +
#36 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 +
#37 Case Western Reserve University 1 +
#37 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 +
#39 University of California: Irvine 1 +
#39 University of California: San Diego 1 +
LAC #8 Carleton College 1 +
#41 Boston University 1 +
#41 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#41 Tulane University 1 +
#41 University of California: Davis 1 +
#41 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 +
#41 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 +
LAC #9 Claremont McKenna College 1 +
LAC #9 Davidson College 1 +
#47 Lehigh University 1 +
#47 Northeastern University 1 +
#47 Penn State University Park 1 +
#51 University of Miami 1 +
#52 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 +
#52 University of Texas at Austin 1 +
#57 George Washington University 1 +
#57 University of Connecticut 1 +
#57 University of Maryland: College Park 1 +
#60 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 +
LAC #12 Haverford College 1 +
LAC #12 Vassar College 1 +
#61 Clemson University 1 +
#61 Purdue University 1 +
#61 Southern Methodist University 1 +
#61 Syracuse University 1 +
#61 University of Georgia 1 +
#66 Fordham University 1 +
#66 University of Pittsburgh 1 +
#69 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 +
LAC #14 Hamilton College 1 +
LAC #14 Washington and Lee University 1 +
LAC #14 Wesleyan University 1 +
#72 American University 1 +
#72 Rutgers University 1 +
#75 Indiana University Bloomington 1 +
#75 Michigan State University 1 +
#75 Stevens Institute of Technology 1 +
#75 University of Delaware 1 +
#82 Miami University: Oxford 1 +
#82 Texas Christian University 1 +
#86 University of Denver 1 +
#89 University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
#89 University of San Diego 1 +
#89 University of Vermont 1 +
LAC #19 Colby College 1 +
LAC #19 Colgate University 1 +
LAC #19 Grinnell College 1 +
#96 University of Alabama 1 +
#99 Drexel University 1 +
LAC #23 Macalester College 1 +
LAC #23 Oberlin College 1 +
LAC #25 Bates College 1 +
LAC #25 Bryn Mawr College 1 +
LAC #25 Kenyon College 1 +
LAC #29 Barnard College 1 +
LAC #32 Bucknell University 1 +
LAC #32 College of the Holy Cross 1 +
LAC #32 University of Richmond 1 +
LAC #35 Mount Holyoke College 1 +
LAC #37 Lafayette College 1 +
LAC #38 Skidmore College 1 +
LAC #38 Union College 1 +
LAC #40 Dickinson College 1 +
LAC #40 Franklin & Marshall College 1 +
LAC #43 Occidental College 1 +
LAC #43 Trinity College 1 +
LAC #45 Bard College 1 +
LAC #47 Connecticut College 1 +
LAC #47 Gettysburg College 1 +
LAC #47 The University of the South 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2012-2015 Total
All schools 76
#1 Princeton University 1 + 1
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#2 Harvard College 1 + 1
#2 Columbia University 1 + 1
#5 Yale University 1 + 1
#6 University of Chicago 1 + 1
#6 Stanford University 1 + 1
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1
#9 Duke University 1 + 1
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 + 1
#9 Northwestern University 1 + 1
#9 California Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#13 Dartmouth College 1 + 1
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 + 1
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 + 1
#14 Brown University 1 + 1
#17 Cornell University 1 + 1
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 + 1
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1
#21 Emory University 1 + 1
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 + 1
#23 Georgetown University 1 + 1
#23 University of Michigan 1 + 1
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1
#25 University of Virginia 1 + 1
#27 University of Southern California 1 + 1
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 + 1
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 1
#28 Tufts University 1 + 1
#28 New York University 1 + 1
#28 Wake Forest University 1 + 1
#34 University of Rochester 1 + 1
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1
#34 College of William and Mary 1 + 1
#36 Boston College 1 + 1
#36 University of California: Irvine 1 + 1
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 + 1
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#38 University of California: Davis 1 + 1
#42 Tulane University 1 + 1
#42 Boston University 1 + 1
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 + 1
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 1
#47 Penn State University Park 1 + 1
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 + 1
#48 University of Georgia 1 + 1
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 + 1
#49 Lehigh University 1 + 1
#49 Northeastern University 1 + 1
#49 Purdue University 1 + 1
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1
#55 University of Miami 1 + 1
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 1 + 1
#59 Syracuse University 1 + 1
#63 University of Connecticut 1 + 1
#63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1
#63 George Washington University 1 + 1
#66 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 1
#68 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 + 1
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1
#68 Fordham University 1 + 1
#72 Rutgers University 1 + 1
#75 Clemson University 1 + 1
#79 American University 1 + 1
#83 Texas Christian University 1 + 1
#83 Stevens Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#83 Michigan State University 1 + 1
#89 University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1
#93 University of Denver 1 + 1
#93 University of Delaware 1 + 1
#93 University of San Diego 1 + 1
#103 Miami University: Oxford 1 + 1
#103 Drexel University 1 + 1
#117 University of Vermont 1 + 1
#148 University of Alabama 1 + 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2012-2015 Total
All schools 38
#1 Williams College 1 + 1
#2 Amherst College 1 + 1
#3 Swarthmore College 1 + 1
#4 Pomona College 1 + 1
#6 Bowdoin College 1 + 1
#8 Claremont McKenna College 1 + 1
#9 Carleton College 1 + 1
#9 Middlebury College 1 + 1
#11 Washington and Lee University 1 + 1
#13 Grinnell College 1 + 1
#13 Hamilton College 1 + 1
#13 Davidson College 1 + 1
#16 Haverford College 1 + 1
#17 Wesleyan University 1 + 1
#17 Barnard College 1 + 1
#17 Colgate University 1 + 1
#17 Colby College 1 + 1
#22 Vassar College 1 + 1
#22 University of Richmond 1 + 1
#23 Oberlin College 1 + 1
#25 Bates College 1 + 1
#27 Macalester College 1 + 1
#30 Kenyon College 1 + 1
#30 Bryn Mawr College 1 + 1
#30 Mount Holyoke College 1 + 1
#35 College of the Holy Cross 1 + 1
#38 Bucknell University 1 + 1
#38 Lafayette College 1 + 1
#38 Union College 1 + 1
#38 Skidmore College 1 + 1
#40 Franklin & Marshall College 1 + 1
#42 Occidental College 1 + 1
#46 Trinity College 1 + 1
#50 The University of the South 1 + 1
#50 Connecticut College 1 + 1
#50 Dickinson College 1 + 1
#54 Gettysburg College 1 + 1
#62 Bard College 1 + 1

Academics

AP

(23)
Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Chinese Language and Culture
Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Chinese Language and Culture
Computer Science A
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
Environmental Science
European History
French Language and Culture
Latin
Macroeconomics
Music Theory
Physics 1
Psychology
Spanish Language and Culture
Spanish Literature and Culture
Statistics
Studio Art: Drawing
United States Government and Politics
World History
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Contact Info

http://kentplace.org
42 Norwood Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901-0790
(908)273-0900
New Jersey

Basic Info

All-girls
Day S. Grades: Grades Prekindergarten-12
Urban
IB: No
ESL: No
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

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Frequently Ask Questions about Kent Place School

Tell me a bit about Kent Place School.
Kent Place School is All-girls private day school located in New Jersey, US. , and currently has about 633 students.

For more official information, please visit http://kentplace.org.
Does Kent Place School have rigorous academic requirements?
Kent Place School is offering 23 AP courses.

Kent Place School also have 80% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Kent Place School students typically go for their colleges?
In 2012-2015, some students attended Princeton University, Harvard College, Yale University, Columbia University and Stanford University.
What is the application requirement for Kent Place School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Kent Place School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Kent Place School’s All-girls student?
The total fee for Kent Place School in 2024 is $38,995 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.
Where is Kent Place School located?
Kent Place School is located in the State of New Jersey of USA. The closest major city is New York, which is about 19 miles away from school. Most families can choose JFK aireport to travel in and out of school.
How popular is Kent Place School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Kent Place School is within top 800 for all schools on FindingSchool.

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Also it is highly recommended to visit Kent Place School’s official site: http://kentplace.org or call them at (908)273-0900.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Kent Place School?
Yes, here are few: Oak Knoll School Of The Holy Child (All Girls 7-12), Oratory Preparatory School and Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School.

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New York, New York
New York City, often referred to as NYC, is the most populous city in the United States with a 2020 population of 8.8 million. It is the cultural, financial, and entertainment hub of the world, renowned for its iconic landmarks like Times Square, Central Park, and the Statue of Liberty. The city is home to global institutions such as the United Nations and Wall Street. Known for its diversity and vibrant arts scene, New York City plays a crucial role in shaping international commerce, politics, and culture.
Population (2022) 8,363,710
Cost of Living Higher than average 146%
Nearby Airport JFK aireport
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