Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child is a Catholic independent school in Summit, New Jersey, United States. It is coeducational from kindergarten to grade 6 and for young women in grades 7 to 12. The school operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1992.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 550 students and 80.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.8:1. Oak Knoll enrolls on average 240 students in the Lower School and 310 students in the Upper School. The Lower and Upper School student/faculty ratio is 8 to 1. The average class size in kindergarten is 11; for grades 1 through 6 the average class size is 17; and grades 7 through 12 the average class size 15. The school looks to enroll a select student population with a grade size of 32 to 36 in kindergarten through grade 8, and a grade size of 56 to 62 in grades 9 through 12.
Oak Knoll was founded in 1924 and is one of eleven schools in the Holy Child Network of Schools that provides independent Catholic education across the United States. The Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus have also founded schools in England, Ireland, France, Nigeria, and Ghana. All Holy Child schools operate under the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, based in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. Oak Knoll shares the goals of the Schools of the Holy Child Jesus.
The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.
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