Students enroll from counties in Central and Northern New Jersey, as well as from nearby New York City. The school has a faculty of 83 that includes two Jesuits, 71 lay teachers, and 10 counselors, seven of whom work on college placement. Tuition for the 2023–24 school year is $22,442, while mandatory fees total $1,300.[8]
As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 908 students and 80.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1. The school's student body was 49.4% (449) White, 19.3% (175) Hispanic, 12.6% (114) Black, 11.7% (106) Asian, 6.5% (59) two or more races and 0.6% (5) Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander.[1]
History
Origins
Saint Peter's Prep was established in the Paulus Hook section of Jersey City as a department within Saint Peter's College (now Saint Peter's University) by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 3, 1872. Along with the Preparatory department were the Collegiate and Grammar departments. As a school for young men, Saint Peter's opened in September 1878 with seventy-one students in the Preparatory department. Academic degrees were first conferred in June 1889. At this time the only building on the campus was Shalloe Hall at 144 Grand Street. Mulry Hall, on the corner of Grand and Warren Streets, was built around the turn of the century as a local social club, before being acquired by the school.
Separation from the college
In 1918 Jesuit Superiors decided to close the college division in order to focus more attention on other Universities in the Northeast. It remained closed until 1930; during this time, however, the Preparatory division remained open. The college division reopened in another location in 1930 and in 1936 settled at its current location. The college and Preparatory departments were officially incorporated separately on February 10, 1955. Although Saint Peter's College has not been located at 144 Grand for over eighty years, at an entrance to the original building, Shalloe Hall, a window pane above the door still reads "Saint Peter's College."
Recent history
On June 22, 2009, the board of trustees voted unanimously to approve phase one of the Campus Master Plan.[12]
The remaining phases of the Master Plan were to be approved by the Board once funding for the remainder of the project was secured. Prep introduced a campaign, "Imagine: The Fund for Saint Peter's Prep," for the financing of the Master Plan projects. Total gifts, as of September 29, 2010, were over $13.6 million.[13]
Hogan Hall was renovated in summer 2017,[14] and renovation of Mulry Hall was completed soon after.
To commemorate its sesquicentennial anniversary, a statue of Saint Peter was revealed at the start of the 2022–2023 school year during the school's annual Mass of the Holy Spirit. Designed and created by sculptor Brian Hanlon, the statue depicts a young Peter and "represents us: imperfect and imperfect-able, someone with the entire world in front of him.” The statue is situated at the intersection of York and Warren Streets.[15]
Athletics
Saint Peter's Prep Marauders Logo
The St. Peter's Prep Marauders[16] compete in the Hudson County Interscholastic League, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Hudson County, and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[17] The school's teams wear maroon and white.[16] With 1,416 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Non-Public A for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 381 to 1,454 in that grade range (equivalent to Group IV for public schools).[18] The football team competes in the National Blue division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league.[19][20] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Non-Public Group A (equivalent to Group III/IV/V for public schools) for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 738 to 1,404 students.[21]
Saint Peter's offers 18 sports and 38 teams, including football, soccer, cross country, basketball, bowling, fencing, indoor track, wrestling, swimming, ice hockey, baseball, golf, volleyball, outdoor track, lacrosse, tennis, and rugby.[16]
The boys basketball team won the Non-Public Group A state championship in 1949 (against runner-up Trenton Catholic High School in the playoff final), 1951-1953 (vs. Trenton Catholic all three years), 1954 (vs. St. Peter of New Brunswick), 1955 (vs, Trenton Catholic), 1956 (vs. St. Peter of New Brunswick) and 1959 (vs. Trenton Catholic). The program's eight state group titles are tied for seventh-most in the state and the streak of six state titles from 1951 to 1956 is the second longest.[22] In front of a crowd of 2,000 at the Dillon Gymnasium at Princeton University, the 1956 team won its sixth consecutive Parochial A state title with a 65–48 win against New Brunswick's St. Peter in the championship game.[23]
The boys track team won the Non-Public Group A spring / outdoor track state championship in 1952 and 1953.[24]
The football team won the NJSIAA Non-Public A North state sectional championship in 1989 and in Non-Public Group IV in 1994 and 2005, 2014 and 2019.[27] In 1994, the Saint Peter's Prep football team finished the season with an 11–0 record was ranked 6th in the nation by USA Today after upsetting top-ranked Bergen Catholic High School with a 26–24 win in the Non-Public Group IV championship game at Giants Stadium.[28][29] The team won the 2005 Non-Public Group IV state championship defeating Don Bosco Prep 22–15.[30] Saint Peters won the Non-Public Group IV championship in 2014, with a win over Paramus Catholic High School.[31] The team won the 2019 Non-Public Group IV title at MetLife Stadium with a 21–14 win against Don Bosco Preparatory High School.[32]
Prep has one of the most successful football organizations in New Jersey. On September 14, 2007, coach Rich Hansen surpassed coach Bill Cochrane as the all-time most-winning coach in Prep history, and was honored in a pre-game ceremony on September 28 against Bergen Catholic High School that was nationally televised on ESPNU. Coach Hansen set a record in the 2007 year, winning 70 consecutive HCIAA games.[33]
On November 17, 2007, the Marauders beat Bergen Catholic by a score of 41–7.[34] This victory advanced Prep to its third state sectional championship game in three years, all of which have been against Don Bosco Preparatory High School. On December 2, 2007, the Marauders played Don Bosco Prep again, and lost 42–14 in the Non-Public, Group IV sectional championship game.[35] This was the third consecutive state championship game in which the two met, with Don Bosco winning two of three.
The wrestling team won the Non-Public A North state sectional championship in 2000 and 2001.[36]
The Saint Peter's Prep volleyball team achieved 100 consecutive wins in Hudson County in 2006, but ended the winning streak at the county championships against Bayonne High School that same year. It has consistently been ranked among the top ten teams of the state of New Jersey. The team won the 2007 Boys Volleyball - North state sectional championship over Bayonne High School (25-17, 25–20).[37] The team moved on to play for the NJSIAA overall state championship on June 8, 2007, against East Brunswick High School,[38] falling 25–21, 25–22.[39]
The Prep basketball team won the 2008 Hudson County Coviello Division Championship by defeating #2 seeded Union Hill by a score of 48–47. In the process they pulled off "upsets" against #1 seeded Bayonne, 79–76 in overtime, and #5 seeded Emerson in the 2nd round, 71–55. This marked the first time the #8 seed won the tournament.
The swimming team has won over three dozen county titles, holds the majority of Hudson County's swim records, and Prep swimmers and divers have accounted for more titles than any other team in the past 30 years.[40] The team drew attention throughout the state in 2011 when beloved senior swimmer, B.J. Giannone, collapsed and died at a swim meet at Saint Peter's College (now Saint Peter's University).[41] The team took on NJ #7 Scotch Plains, the school which Giannone's girlfriend swam for, only 3 days after his death. The crowd set unofficial records for attendance at a regular-season New Jersey high school dual meet. The team also wore sweatshirts printed with the number 20.67, the time that the official score board malfunctioned to in the 50 freestyle on B.J.'s last individual race on the night of his death.[42] The saying "Live Like B.J." become popular among teammates, family, and friends, and some members of that team took to wearing bracelets with the saying.[43] Giannone's memory was memorialized in 2013 with the creation of the annual B.J. Giannone Award for "embodying the spirit and camaraderie of B.J." Junior and team captain, Matt Jasko, who was a freshman on the team at the time of B.J.'s death, was the first to receive the honor.[44] In 2014 the team won its 40th county title and finished ranked 8th in the state.[45]
The Saint Peter's Prep Crew team is led by Coach Alex Canale. In 2013, the JV 4+ took first place at Stotesbury Cup Regatta, the largest high school regatta in the world.[46] The team also won the SRAA National Championship Regatta and placed second at the Garden State championships. Along with the JV 4+, other Prep boats have succeeded in many regattas. In 2023, the Mens Sr 8+ placed 1st at the Garden State Scholastic Championships.[47] This marked first state championship in program history.
The fencing team won the overall state championship in 2017 and 2018, and was sabre team winner in 2017.[48] In 2017, the Saint Peter's Prep fencing team defeated Columbia High School 16–11 to win the state championship, the second Prep team to win a state championship after the football team.[49]
The soccer team won the Hudson County Tournament championships in 1976-1978, 1992-1994, 2001, 2005, 2011-2013, 2019 (defeating Kearny High School by a score of 2-1 in the finals) and[50] 2023 (2-1 vs. Kearny).[51]
Campus ministry
Christian service
At Prep, each year of study includes a service requirement:[52]
First-year – 10 hours: fulfilled through the mandatory day of service.
Second-year – 15 hours: fulfilled through Prep-sponsored activities or direct service.[53]
Third-year – 60 hours: fulfilled through an immersion trip or direct service.[54]
Seniors are not required to complete any service hours.
At the end of the second year, students may participate in a summer immersion trip, typically lasting one week. Past trips have included California, West Virginia, Camden, and the New York metropolitan area.
In the summer of 2007, the school introduced a senior service immersion experience in New Orleans. This program was continued in August 2008 as Prep sent 16 students and four faculty members to Covington, Louisiana to work with Habitat for Humanity.
The summer of 2009 saw the introduction of the school's first international service trip. Ten rising juniors and seniors, along with two faculty members, traveled to the Working Boys' Center in Quito, Ecuador.[55] The group updated a blog with reflections and experiences throughout the trip.[56]
Social justice issues
Starting in 1998, Prep has hosted an annual Arrupe Lecture, named after the former Superior General of the Society of Jesus Pedro Arrupe, on a social justice topic. From 1998 through 2008 this entailed a one-time lecture on such various topics as Jewish-Christian relations, the death penalty, and urban poverty.[57] In 2009, under the direction of then-campus minister Ryan Heffernan, the program took a new direction, becoming a week-long program focused on social justice issues.[58]
Prep also sends a delegation annually to Fort Moore, Georgia, to protest the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC, formerly the School of the Americas - SOA), which was implicated in the training of mainly Latin American military officers who later committed human rights violations in their home country, including the murder of six Jesuits in El Salvador.[citation needed]
George Blaney (born 1939), former player for the New York Knicks, who was Head Basketball Coach at Seton Hall and Holy Cross, and was Assistant Coach at UConn[63]
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1 2 3 Tuition & Fees at a Glance, St. Peter's Prep. Accessed June 16, 2023. "Tuition for the 2023-24 academic year is $22,442.... These fees are an activity fee of $750, a book fee of $300, and a technology fee of $250."
↑ "St. Peter's Trounced, 65-48, in Catholic A Title; St. Peter's (JC) Wins Sixth Straight Crown With Last Period Drive", The Home News, March 17, 1956. Accessed February 21, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "St. Peter's Prep of Jersey City used a leech-like defense and a slick fast break manipulated by a trio of magicians to knock over St. Peter's of New Brunswick 65-48 in the Catholic Schools Class A championship game here last night.... When the final buzzer sounded there was hardly a murmur from the 2,000 brave customers who had beaten snowy trails to the inviting lights of Princeton University's gymnasium.For one thing, nearly all the onlookers were New Brunswick rooters. And for those visitors from Hudson County a State Tournament title is something short of stimulating--this being the sixth straight year they've won the crown."
↑ "High School Football; Bergen Catholic Is Upset by St. Peter's for Title", The New York Times, December 4, 1994. Accessed November 25, 2020. "Fred Stengel, the coach of New Jersey's No. 1-ranked high school team and the No. 5-rated football squad in the nation, knew his Bergen Catholic team might be in for a long afternoon even before the Parochial Group 4 championship game with St. Peter's began at Giants Stadium today.... St. Peter's, the state's No. 4-ranked team, upset the Crusaders, 26-24, before 10,000 fans. On St. Peter's (11-0) second possession, running back Paul Que, who scored 3 touchdowns, capped a 12-play, 64-yard drive with a 1-yard leap over the goal line with 11 minutes 12 seconds left in the half."
↑ Mattura, Greg. "Inside St. Peter's Prep football's dramatic championship win over Don Bosco", The Record, November 30, 2019. Accessed October 31, 2020. "St. Peter’s Prep will be replacing Don Bosco Prep as New Jersey’s No. 1 football team. The Marauders of Hudson County rallied to defeat the Ironmen of Bergen County, 21-14, in the Non-Public Group 4 final Saturday night at MetLife Stadium."
↑ Bove, Matt. "Boys Fencing: St. Peter's Prep wins first state title, 16-11, over Columbia", NJ advance Media, February 23, 2017. Accessed February 23, 2017. "One more touch for junior Declan Alvidrez was all that separated St. Peter's Prep from its first state title in program history with the Marauders ahead of Columbia by four points in the state championship meet.... After what felt like an eternity with some long points, Alvidrez was able to persevere and get the final touch to clinch the meet with 14 points, and St. Peter's Prep went on to win by a score of 16-11 in the NJSIAA boys fencing state finals Wednesday at Morris Hills High."
↑ Aferiat, Jake. "Behind star frosh, No. 12 St. Peter’s Prep claims first HCT title since 2019 (PHOTOS)", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 23, 2023. Accessed November 12, 2023. "If ever it was clear that Sayouwoh was deserving of wearing No. 10, that happened his second game on varsity when Sayouwoh scored a goal heard all around Hudson County as he scored the only goal in the 99th minute in a 1-0 win for Peter’s over longtime rival and Hudson County standard bearers Kearny. At that point, the win was the Marauders’ first over Kearny since 2019 and it catapulted St. Peter’s into the Top 20 for the first time since 2019 as well."
↑ Ragozzino, Joe. "South Orange resident and Villanova University-bound Mark Armstrong enjoys stellar hoops career at Saint Peter’s Prep", EssexNews Daily, April 14, 2022. Accessed January 17, 2023. "Next season, the Wildcats will be getting one of the top players in the country in Mark Armstrong, a 6-foot-2 point guard from South Orange. Armstrong, who signed with Villanova in November, completed a stellar career at Saint Peter’s Prep in Jersey City, becoming the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,776 points."
↑ "Rev. Charles J. Beirne, S.J., '56, Dies"Archived May 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , Saint Peter's Preparatory School, April 14, 2010. Accessed January 5, 2012. "Rev. Charles J. Beirne, S.J., '56, retired president of LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY, and Fordham University professor, has died."
↑ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1986, p. 273. Accessed August 4, 2019. "Charles J. Catrillo, Rep., Jersey City - Assemblyman Catrillo was born in Jersey City Aug. 13, 1945. He attended St. John's School and St. Peter's Prep."
↑ "Class Notes: The '90s", p. 59, Prep Magazine, Fall 2016. Accessed July 9, 2018. "Nick Chiaravalloti, '90 represents District 31 (Bayonne and Jersey City) in the New Jersey State Assembly."
↑ Morris, Tim. "It’s Nebraska for Dailey, St. Peter’s Prep standout", CentralJersey.com, February 26, 2003. Accessed November 19, 2022. "However, after being courted by several big-time Division I football programs, it didn’t take long for Freehold Township’s Joe Dailey to discover after visiting the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, that he and the Cornhuskers were a perfect fit. Dailey, the all-state quarterback of Union County powerhouse St. Peter’s Prep of Jersey City, signed his letter of intent to Nebraska earlier this month."
↑ Aron, Michael. Interview with James P. DuganArchived July 22, 2019, at the Wayback Machine , Eagleton Institute of Politics Center on the American Governor at Rutgers University, February 27, 2008. Accessed July 22, 2019. "Q: Did you go to public or parochial school? James P. Dugan: I went to parochial grammar school, and I went to St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City, a Jesuit prep school, which I always preface, or I always continue the many descriptions of St. Peter's Prep as the best learning experience I ever had."
↑ The Life of Will Durant, Will Durant Foundation. Accessed June 7, 2007. "His teachers were nuns, and he practiced his religion so fervently that no one doubted that he would become a priest. In 1900 he entered St. Peter's Academy and College in Jersey City, where his teachers were Jesuits, and, one of these, Father McLaughlin, urged him to enter the Jesuit Order following his graduation in 1907."
↑ Mota, Caitlin. "N.J. author influenced by Jersey City politics dies at 90", The Jersey Journal, July 26, 2017. Accessed July 9, 2018. "Fleming was born in Jersey City in 1927. He graduated from St. Peter's Prep, spent one year serving in the United States Navy, and then attended Fordham University where he graduated in 1950, according to his online biography."
↑ "Bishop Flesey", Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Accessed July 9, 2018. "He attended St. Aedan’s Grammar School and St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City, graduated from St. Peter’s College with a BA in History in 1964, and attended Immaculate Conception Seminary until 1969, when he was ordained."
↑ Hague, Jim. "Fine night for Prep Hall of Famers"Archived July 10, 2018, at the Wayback Machine , The Hudson Reporter, May 17, 2005. Accessed July 9, 2018. "Hannan spent 10 years in the big leagues, after beginning his baseball career in Jersey City, attending St. Peter's Prep. Last week, Hannan's trip down memory lane included a stop back in his hometown, when he was among 19 former great athletes and coaches honored in the inaugural class of the St. Peter's Prep Athletic Hall of Fame at the induction dinner at Puccini's in Jersey City."
↑ Stapleton, Art. "Jon Hilliman: How the New Jersey native went from being an NFL long shot to the NY Giants", The Record, September 27, 2019. Accessed April 2, 2021. "Raised in Plainfield, Hilliman was essentially born into Big Apple football. He was a varsity star at St. Peter's Prep, but before that, while playing Pop Warner youth ball, he attended summer camps at Rutgers and idolized iconic Scarlet Knights such as twins Devin and Jason McCourty, Ray Rice and Brian Leonard."
↑ Coach Bob Hurley - Induction into NJ Hall of Fame, Saint Anthony High School. May 11, 2012. Accessed February 23, 2013. "A Jersey City native, Robert Hurley Sr. played high school basketball at St. Peter's Prep, Jersey City, N.J."
↑ Lynch, James. "The Cost of Energy: What's The Answer", The New York Times, January 7, 1979. Accessed July 17, 2019. "Born in Teaneck and raised to Maywood, Mr. Hynes attend St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City — "half the politicians in New Jersey went there, it seems" — riding three buses for the 15-mile trip from his home."
↑ Janiga, Bruce. "Side by Side with Ken Jennings", Sondheim.com, undated. Accessed July 23, 2008. "I lived in Jersey City, went to St. Peter's Prep, went to St. Peter's College on a dramatic scholarship."
↑ Gardner, Amanda. "Theater; Tony Awards' New Jersey Ties", The New York Times, July 23, 2008. Accessed November 7, 2017. "Nathan Lane (nominated for best performance by a leading actor in a musical for The Producers) was born Joe Lane in Jersey City in 1956. Mr. Lane grew up on Clendenny Avenue and can track much of his early career to New Jersey. His break-out role was as the Common Man in A Man for All Seasons while attending St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City."
↑ Wagman, Jake. "Chris Christie hears it — from Ed Martin's mom", St. Louis Post Dispatch, October 6, 2011. Accessed July 9, 2018. "She questioned why Christie would support Wagner when 'Ed is a native born New Jerseyan,' the product of Readington Township Public Schools and St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City."
↑ Castro, Peter. "Charmed Life", People (magazine), November 3, 1997. Accessed July 9, 2018. "Don't let that beguiling smile fool you. Newcomer Paolo Montalban will roll right over anyone who gets in his way.... At St. Peter’s Prep in New Jersey, Montalban, who had already mastered the piano and violin, learned to play the sax, bassoon, flute and piccolo."
↑ D'Alessandro, Dave. "This ref is doubly grand", The Star-Ledger, April 15, 2008. Accessed November 2, 2016. "'That's a big number,' said Nies, a Jersey City native and St. Peter's Prep graduate."
↑ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1986, p. 229. Accessed February 23, 2020. "Edward T. O'connor, Jr., Dem., Jersey City - Senator O'Connor was born in Jersey City Oct. 6, 1942, He attended St. John the Baptist School, St. Peter's Prep, and St. Peter's University, where he was graduated with a degree in modern languages."
↑ Hageny, John Christian. "Hockey: Where are they now? St. Peter's Kyle Palmieri a Mighty Duck", NJ.com, February 17, 2013. Accessed July 9, 2018. "Long before his professional hockey career took flight, Kyle Palmieri skated for two memorable seasons at St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City, including a trip to the 2007 NJSIAA state final."
↑ Ojutiku, Mak. "St. Peter's Prep holds groundbreaking for $5.25 million athletic center", The Jersey Journal, January 21, 2016. Accessed November 3, 2016. "The facility's namesake, William 'Guy' Perkins, who was also present at the groundbreaking, provided a $1.5 million donation for the facility. Perkins, a Jersey City native, played for the school's football team before he graduated in 1986."
↑ Mazur, Janet. "Long Branch couple's son prosecutor in spy probe", Asbury Park Press, June 9, 1985. Accessed April 2, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Joseph P. Russoniello, who grew up in Jersey City and spent his summer vacations here, is the U.S. Attorney in California prosecuting the case against a family spy ring accused of selling military secrets to the Soviets.... After his graduation from St Peter's Prep School in Jersey City, Russoniello enrolled in Fairfield University in Connecticut where he earned a bachelor's degree in social science."
↑ LaGorce, Tammy. "Music; The Rye Coalition: They're Not Dead Yet", The New York Times, April 23, 2006. Accessed July 9, 2018. "Curses (Gern Blandsten), released last Tuesday, is the group's fourth full-length album since forming during high school at the all-boys St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City."
↑ Williamson, Don. Confrontations: No Challenge Too Tough, p. 287. Page Publishing Inc., 2017. ISBN9781635681710. Accessed July 17, 2019. "That desperate nonsense was rejected by New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Mark Sullivan (St. Peter's Prep alumnus), saying Hecker had until the end of that day to pay the judgement or be jailed that afternoon."
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