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Type
  
Private school

Director
  
Donald Seeley

Faculty
  
13.1 (on FTE basis)

Phone
  
+1 732-356-5400

Established
  
2003

Founder
  
Nandini Menon

Grades
  
PreK-8

Founded
  
2003

Cedar Hill Prep School

Address
  
152 Cedar Grove Ln, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA

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Cedar Hill Prep School is a non-sectarian private school in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, New Jersey, offering an education from pre-school to grade 8.

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The school educates children from towns in central New Jersey including Somerset, south Bound Brook, Bridgewater Township, New Brunswick, North Brunswick, South Brunswick, South Plainfield, Edison and Piscataway.

As of the 2015-16, the school had an enrollment of 265 students, and 30 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.0:1

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History

The for profit school started in 2003 with the name of Oakcrest Academy, on leased property. In 2006, the school purchased a 9-acre property with two existing buildings and renamed the campus Cedar Hill Prep School. In order to respond to the demand, the founder built an additional 14000 sq.ft building on campus in 2007, which currently holds Preschool through Grade 2 and the cafeteria. In 2012 another 14000 sq.ft building (including a gym) was built. Currently this building is used by Grade 3-8. Cedar Hill Prep School students have consistently ranked in the top 10% of the nation in the national standardized tests.

Curriculum

  • Preschool to kindergarten – language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, French, Spanish, music and art.
  • Elementary school - language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, French, Spanish, chorus, wind instrument and art.
  • Middle school - language arts, mathematics, science, engineering, technology, social studies, French, Spanish, Chorus, wind instrument, strings and art.
  • Extracurricular activities

    Chorus, chess, musiqclub, mad science, jump bunch, fencing, yogarate, math league, National Geography Bee, debate league, athletic league, robotics.

    Admissions

    All prospective students must pass a rigorous testing procedure and an interview. The average acceptance rate is 30%.

    Administration

  • Nandini Menon, Founder
  • Donald Seeley, Director
  • References

    Cedar Hill Prep School Wikipedia