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The Peddie School is a college preparatory school in Hightstown, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is a non-denominational, coeducational boarding school located on a 280-acre (110 ha) campus, and serves students in the ninth through twelfth grades, plus a small post-graduate class. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928.
In its 2015 rankings, Business Insider ranked the school's tuition as the 18th most expensive private high school tuition in the United States, with tuition and fees of $44,800.[9] The site ranked Peddie 13th on its 2015 list of the Most Elite Boarding Schools In The US, with rankings based on the size of each school's endowment, average SAT scores and selectivity. The school is also extremely selective, with an acceptance rate of 22%.
As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 544 students and 75.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.2:1. The school's student body was 41.0% (223) White, 34.9% (190) Asian, 11.2% (61) Black, 7.4% (40) two or more races and 5.5% (30) Hispanic. Peddie had 62% of students in residence. The student body represented 26 states as well as 29 foreign countries. Peddie had an average class size of 12.
Peter Quinn succeeded John Green as head of school in 2013.