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St. Benedict's Prep School

520 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Newark, NJ, 07102-0710 -

School Notes Overview:

The Benedictine Monks of Newark Abbey, committed to the city of Newark by our vow of Stability of Place, sponsor and staff Saint Benedict's Prep, a Catholic preparatory school for boys in grades seven through twelve. In the fifteen-hundred-year-old tradition of monastic schools, Saint Benedict's witnesses to the Good News of Jesus Christ through what the Church calls a preferential option for the poor. By design, then, the student population reflects the racial, religious and socioeconomic mixture of the school's primary drawing area (the nearby urban neighborhoods of Newark, East Orange and Irvington), but includes residents of outlying towns as well. Many of our students come from a background which is severely impoverished by the racism of our society and which leaves them at a competitive disadvantage in academics and indeed in daily living. We enlist men and women who share our vision to assist us in our task of helping parents in their sacred duty of educating their children according to Christian principles. Thus we offer a demanding college prep curriculum in the setting of a community that stresses Christian values, especially self-respect, fraternal cooperation and the primacy of the spiritual dimension in every phase of a person's life....

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School Overview:

	St. Benedict's Prep School
School Membership(s)	National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) National Association of Independent Schools State or regional independent school association
Religious Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Grades Offered	Grades 7 - 12
County	Essex County, NJ
Student Body
Total Students	543 students
Student Body Type	All-boys
	This School	(NJ) School Avg.
% Students of Color	90%	33%
Students by Grade
	Grade 7 - 31 students
	Grade 8 - 42 students
	Grade 9 - 133 students
	Grade 10 - 123 students
	Grade 11 - 113 students
	Grade 12 - 101 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	42 teachers
	This School	(NJ) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:12	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	200 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	7 hours	6 hours
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling

School Notes:

The Benedictine Monks of Newark Abbey, committed to the city of Newark by our vow of Stability of Place, sponsor and staff Saint Benedict's Prep, a Catholic preparatory school for boys in grades seven through twelve. In the fifteen-hundred-year-old tradition of monastic schools, Saint Benedict's witnesses to the Good News of Jesus Christ through what the Church calls a preferential option for the poor. By design, then, the student population reflects the racial, religious and socioeconomic mixture of the school's primary drawing area (the nearby urban neighborhoods of Newark, East Orange and Irvington), but includes residents of outlying towns as well. Many of our students come from a background which is severely impoverished by the racism of our society and which leaves them at a competitive disadvantage in academics and indeed in daily living. We enlist men and women who share our vision to assist us in our task of helping parents in their sacred duty of educating their children according to Christian principles. Thus we offer a demanding college prep curriculum in the setting of a community that stresses Christian values, especially self-respect, fraternal cooperation and the primacy of the spiritual dimension in every phase of a person's life.
Profile last updated: 02/21/2007

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (07102)	School Zip (07102)	(NJ) State Average
Population (Approximate)	12,408 people	8,413,990 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	16%	36%
Population Average Age	32 years old	36 years old
Average Household size	2.1 persons	2.7 persons
Median Household Income	$13,421	$57,061
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	3.1 rooms	5.6 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	44 years old	46 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	7% / 93%	62% / 38%