Bishop Eustace Preparatory School is a coeducational private high school in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey, which was founded in 1954 by the priests and brothers of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (The Pallottines). The school was named after Bishop Bartholomew J. Eustace, first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden, where Pennsauken is located, and the school is overseen by the Camden Diocese. The school is a coeducational institution (prior to 1972, it was all-male) serving grades 9 to 12. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1977.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 782 students and 54.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
The school is a member of the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools.
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