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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 (1.1-km²) 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 Secondary Schools since 1928.〔(Peddie School ), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 30, 2012. Accessed March 29, 2015.〕 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.〔Danner, Christi; and Stanger, Melissa. ("The 50 most expensive private high schools in America" ), ''Business Insider'', September 15, 2015. Accessed November 20, 2015.〕 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.〔Martin, Emmie; and Browning, Lauren. ("The 50 Most Elite Boarding Schools In The US" ), ''Business Insider'', January 12, 2015. Accessed November 20, 2015.〕 For the 2015-16 academic year, Peddie School enrolled 542 young men and women in grades 9 through post-graduate and had 79 faculty members (on an FTE basis) for a student-teacher ratio of 6:1. 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. The senior class of 2015 was composed of 141 seniors, including 13 post-graduate students.〔 Peter Quinn succeeded John Green as head of school in 2013.〔(Peddie News ), Peddie School. Accessed December 8, 2012.〕 ==History== What is now the Peddie School was founded as an American Baptist school, The Hightstown Female Seminary, in 1864. Later that year, boys were admitted and it changed its name for the first time, to New Jersey Classical and Scientific Institute. In 1872, it became the Peddie Institute in honor of philanthropist and politician Thomas B. Peddie, who gave the school $25,000 ($500,000 in 2015 dollars). In 1923 the school was formally renamed The Peddie School, which is as it remained until 2005 when the school was renamed Peddie School and the present logo was created.〔http://www.peddie.org/Page/About-Us/History--Traditions〕 Peddie remained coeducational until 1908, when, for social and economic reasons, it decided to admit boys only. This was reversed in the early 1970s, and girls were readmitted. Today, the school is coeducational and non-denominational. In 1993, former Ambassador Walter Annenberg (Class of 1927) gave $100 million to Peddie, the largest donation ever made to a U.S. secondary school at the time.〔("Publisher Gives $365 Million To 4 Schools" ), ''The New York Times'', June 20, 1993.〕 While previous generous gifts by Annenberg helped the school build a library, dormitories, an athletic center, and a science center, the legendary gift of $100 million was made to see Peddie become accessible to all. This endowment was not earmarked for new buildings, but for financial aid. The endowment has enabled students from all backgrounds to pursue a course of study that would have been unattainable otherwise. In 2014-15, annual tuition for day students is $43,500 and for boarding students is $52,600. Each year, about 40% of Peddie students receive financial aid.〔(Admission: Affording Peddie ), Peddie School. Accessed July 22, 2014.〕 As of June 30, 2014, the school's endowment stood at $325.7 million.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peddie School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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