School Fit
Decide whether Peddie fits your student
Look past selectivity to the daily life of a boarding and day school.
Checked against Peddie's published admissions pages on November 5, 2026.
School fit
Is Peddie a fit?
- The school
- Peddie is a private, independent, coeducational boarding and day school in Hightstown, New Jersey, for grades 9 to 12 and postgraduate.
- Size
- Peddie has about 540 students from 25 countries.
- Class size
- The average class has 12 students, and the student-to-faculty ratio is 8:1.
- Faculty on campus
- About 90% of faculty live on campus.
- History
- Peddie was founded in 1864.
- 01
Ask your student what kind of classroom they want, and let them answer honestly.
- 02
Visit or take a virtual tour, and ask what a typical week looks like.
Boarding life
What boarding and day life ask of a student.
- Boarding or day
- Peddie is a boarding and day school.
- Residence halls
- Boarding students live in residence halls such as Green Dormitory and Kaye Dormitory.
- Faculty on campus
- About 90% of faculty live on campus.
- 01
Talk through the routines your student manages without reminders, such as sleep, study and laundry.
- 02
Decide how you will handle distance, weekends and check-ins, then ask the school how it handles them.
- 03
Ask the admission office whether you can choose boarding or day, and when, before you apply.