Nonprofit
St. Benedict's Preparatory School
About Us
St. Benedict's Preparatory School was founded by the
Benedictine Monks in 1868 and is one of the oldest and most successful urban
schools for boys in the country. Over its history, the Catholic school has educated a
rich variety of successive immigrant groups and the local community in and
around Greater Newark. It now serves 550 students, primarily of
African-American and Latino heritage, in grades seven through 12. Ninety-eight percent
of its graduates go on to college. Starting in 2015, St. Benedict’s began
overseeing St. Mary School, the oldest existing Catholic elementary school in
New Jersey that serves nearly 200 boys and girls in grades K-8, pushing the
total enrollment of St. Benedict’s from grades K-12 to 750 students. St. Benedict’s maintains its seventh and
eighth grades for boys only, while St. Mary is co-educational for those grades.
St. Benedict's Preparatory School was founded by the
Benedictine Monks in 1868 and is one of the oldest and most successful urban
schools for boys in the country. Over its history, the Catholic school has educated a
rich variety of successive immigrant groups and the local community in and
around Greater Newark. It now serves 550 students, primarily of
African-American and Latino heritage, in grades seven through 12. Ninety-eight percent
of its graduates go on to college. Starting in 2015, St. Benedict’s began
overseeing St. Mary School, the oldest existing Catholic elementary school in
New Jersey that serves nearly 200 boys and girls in grades K-8, pushing the
total enrollment of St. Benedict’s from grades K-12 to 750 students. St. Benedict’s maintains its seventh and
eighth grades for boys only, while St. Mary is co-educational for those grades.
Issue Areas Include
- Education
Location
- 520 Dr. MLK, Jr. Blvd., Newark, NJ None, United States
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