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School Notes Overview: |
The Peck School, founded in 1893, is an independent coeducational day school of approximately 300 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Maintaining a tradition as a "family school" and devoted to excellence in both learning and teaching, Peck seeks to educate the whole child by providing its students with an academically challenging curriculum, a caring and supportive environment, a community that embraces and celebrates a variety of talents, perspectives, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and the development of personal values, including a positive awareness of self, individual and consideration of others. ...read more
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The Peck School |
| School Level |
Elementary school
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| School
Membership(s) |
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) |
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| Religious Affiliation |
Nonsectarian |
| Grades Offered |
Grades Nursery School - 8 |
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County |
Morris County, NJ |
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| Total
Students |
313 students |
| Student
Body Type |
Co-ed |
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NJ )
Elementary School Avg. |
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| % Students of
Color |
12% |
34% |
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| Students by Grade |
| Kind - 29 students | | Grade 1 - 33 students | | Grade 2 - 35 students | | Grade 3 - 36 students | | Grade 4 - 35 students | | Grade 5 - 38 students | | Grade 6 - 35 students | | Grade 7 - 36 students | | Grade 8 - 36 students | |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
37 teachers |
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School |
(
NJ )
Elementary School Avg. |
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| Teacher
: Student Ratio |
1:8 |
1:19 *Ntl.
Public School Avg. »
1:16
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| School
Days in Calendar Year |
164 days |
180 days |
| Hours
in School Day for Students |
7 hours |
6 hours |
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| Admission Deadline |
Jan. 1 |
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- The Peck School, founded in 1893, is an independent coeducational day school of approximately 300 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Maintaining a tradition as a "family school" and devoted to excellence in both learning and teaching, Peck seeks to educate the whole child by providing its students with an academically challenging curriculum, a caring and supportive environment, a community that embraces and celebrates a variety of talents, perspectives, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and the development of personal values, including a positive awareness of self, individual and consideration of others.
- Profile last updated: 01/19/2007
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| About This
Zip Code (
07960 ) |
| School
Zip (
07960 ) |
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NJ ) State Average |
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| Population
(Approximate) |
43,409 people |
8,413,990 people |
| %
(age 25+) w/College Degree |
58% |
36% |
| Population Average
Age |
39 years old |
36.7 years old |
| Average Household
Size |
2.5 persons |
2.6 persons |
| Median Household
Income |
$81,621 |
$57,137 |
| Avg. # of Rooms
in Household |
6.4 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of
Housing Structure |
45 years old |
47 years old |
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Median Value of Housing Unit Zipcode (07960)
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| %
Owning / % Renting |
65% / 35% |
61% / 39% |
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