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History
The Pingry School, a coeducational, independent college preparatory school founded by
Dr. John F. Pingry in 1861, consists of the Short Hills Campus (Lower School, K-5, 288 students)
and Basking Ridge Campus (Middle School, 6-8, 270 students and Upper School, 9-12, 571
students).
School Community
Pingry’s Honor Code was written by the students in 1926 and adopted by the faculty in
1949. To this day, the Honor Code provides a foundation on which our program is built.
Pingry stresses high ethical standards and an expectation that each individual within
the community will work for the greater good. This helps to create a reflective institution
whose members strive for excellence in every endeavor.
Pingry’s deliberate and thorough admission process leads to a multi-talented student
body drawn from 100 municipalities in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. The School’s
challenging, comprehensive and well-rounded liberal arts curriculum is supported by
robust visual and performing arts and competitive athletics programs, a combination that
produces engaged, hard-working graduates who value diverse perspectives. The average
tenure of Pingry’s 170 full-time faculty is 12 years; of these full-time faculty, 125 hold
advanced degrees, including 24 doctorates.
Academics
Pingry is recognized for its outstanding academic program. The school offers courses at
the college-prep and honors/Advanced Placement levels. The standard academic load is 5
courses and the year is divided into 2 semesters.
Enrollment in Advanced Placement, Advanced Topics and Honors courses is by faculty
invitation only. There is no limit to the number of Advanced Placement, Advanced Topics
or Honors courses a student may take. 18 Advanced Placement courses, 6 Advanced Topics
courses and 19 Honors courses are offered. Any student may sit for an AP exam. Students
enrolled in an AP designated course must sit for the corresponding AP exam. If the student
does not take the AP exam, the course will be noted as an Honors course on the final
transcript. In May 2016, 254 students (127 seniors, 106 juniors, 14 sophomores and 7 freshmen
or under) wrote 628 exams. 95% of scores were three or higher.
Graduation Requirements — 51 credits
• History — 3 years
• English — 4 years
• Foreign Language — 3 consecutive years of the same language
• Math — 3 years
• Art, Drama, or Music — 1 year
• Lab Science — 2 years
Students are required to have 4 years of physical education, earned through classes,
interscholastic athletic participation, or an approved outside activity. Students must
complete 1 trimester of financial literacy and 2 trimesters of health education. Students
must also complete 10 hours of community service each year for graduation.
Grading System
A+ = 97 or above
A = 93 – 96
A- = 90 – 92
B+ = 87 – 89 C+ = 77 – 79
B = 83 – 86 C = 73 – 76
B- = 80 – 82 C- = 70 – 72
D+= 67 – 69
D = 63 – 66
D- = 60 – 62
F = Below 60
P= Pass
A cumulative grade point average is not calculated. Pingry does not rank students.
Course Offerings
Course offerings can be found at pingry.org/teaching-learning/curriculum.
Enrollment in Advanced Placement, Advanced Topics and Honors courses is by faculty ... 95%
of scores were three or higher.
Accreditation and Membership
Cum Laude Society
NACAC
New Jersey State Department of Education
NJAIS
NJACAC NAIS
The Class of 2017
There are 139 students in the class of 2017. All test
scores below include the class of 2016 and class of 2017,
through the end of junior year (#test-takers noted). SAT
Subject Tests reflect tests with four or more test-takers.
SAT (before March 2016)
Critical Reading
Math
Writing
TOTAL (162)
Middle 50%
640 - 740
650 - 770
630 - 760
1930 - 2260
SAT (after March 2016)
Evidence Based Reading & Writing 640 - 720
Math
645 - 730
TOTAL (71)
1285 - 1435
ACT (before October 2015)
English
Math
Reading
Science Reasoning
COMPOSITE (72)
29 - 35
28 - 33
31 - 34
26 - 33
28 - 33
ACT (after October 2015)
ELA
English
Math
Reading
Science
STEM Writing
COMPOSITE (108)
28 - 32
31 - 35
28 - 34
30 - 34
27 - 34
28 - 33
23 - 29
29 - 33
SAT Subject Tests
Test Takers Middle 50%
Biology — Molecular 9
600 - 720
Chemistry
70
620 - 740
English Literature 67
600 - 700
French 9
550 - 650
Math Level I 112
620 - 720
Math Level II 146
650 - 790
Physics 56
630 - 740
Spanish 23
620 - 720
U.S. History 127
620 - 750
World History
22
550 - 670
National Merit Scholarship Program
Class Class Size Semi-finalists Commended % of Class
2017 139
7
33
29%
2016 129
9
39
37%
2015
142
10
35
32%
2014
132
9
40
37%
Short Hills Campus
Nathaniel E. Conard, Headmaster
Jonathan D. Leef, Assistant Headmaster – Basking Ridge Campus
Ananya Chatterji, Interim Upper School Director, Academic Dean, College Counselor, [email protected]; x1240
Karen Peake, Registrar, [email protected]; x1338
College Counseling Phone, (908) 647-5555, enter extension
College Counseling Fax, (908) 647-6914
Lower School
Country Day Drive
Short Hills, NJ 07078
(973) 379-4550
Basking Ridge Campus
Middle and Upper Schools
131 Martinsville Road
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
(908) 647-5555
Timothy P. Lear ’92, Director of College Counseling, [email protected]; x1237
Susan P. Kinney, Associate Director of College Counseling, [email protected]; x1343
Meghan R. Finegan, Associate Director of College Counseling, [email protected]; x1342
Amy G. Cooperman ’90, College Counselor and Coordinator, [email protected]; x1239
CEEB #310315
Matriculations of Pingry Graduates
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Amherst College
Babson College
Barnard College
Bates College
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
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California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo
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Chapman University
Colby College
Colgate University
College of the Holy Cross
College of William and Mary
Colorado College
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Denison University
Dickinson College
Duke University
Elon University
Emory University
Franklin and Marshall College
Furman University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gettysburg College
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Haverford College
High Point University
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Howard University
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Johns Hopkins University
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Kenyon College
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Lafayette College
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Lehigh University
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Loyola University Maryland
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Manhattan School of Music
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