Lawrenceville School
The Lawrenceville School is a coeducational, independent preparatory boarding school for grades 9–12 located on 700 acres (2.8 km2) in the historic community of Lawrenceville, in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, U.S., 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Princeton.
Lawrenceville is a member of the Eight Schools Association, begun informally in 1973–74 and formalized in 2006. Lawrenceville is also a member of the Ten Schools Admissions Organization, founded in 1966. There is a seven-school overlap of membership between the two groups. Lawrenceville is additionally a member of the G20 Schools group. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 809 students and 96.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.4:1. Students came from 33 states and 33 countries. As of February 2011, its endowment stood at $310 million.
Lawrenceville received 1,778 formal applications for entrance in fall 2009, of which 245 were enrolled.
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