Ranney School
Nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus (Life gave nothing to mortals without great work)
Location
Tinton Falls, NJ,  United States
Information
Religion	nonsectarian
Head of School	Dr. Lawrence Sykoff
Faculty	88
Average class size	15 students
Student:teacher ratio	9:1
Average SAT scores (2006)	589 critical reading 600 writing 621 math
Type	Private
Campus	61 acres
Athletics	18 Interscholastic Teams
Athletics conference	Patriot Conference
Mascot	Panther
Color(s)	Blue and White
Established	1960
Enrollment	808
Homepage	www.RanneySchool.org

Ranney School is a coeducational, nonsectarian private day school located in Tinton Falls, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, serving students in beginners through twelfth grade. It was founded in 1960 by educator Russel G. Ranney to help improve students' college board grades.^[1] However, it has evolved into a superior and classical academic institution. Image File history File links Ranney_School_Logo. ... Map of Tinton Falls in Monmouth County Tinton Falls is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For the film of this title, see Private School (film). ... Coeducation is the integrated education of males and females at the same school facilities. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A day school is an institution where children are given educational instruction only during the day and after which children return to their homes. ... Map of Tinton Falls in Monmouth County Tinton Falls is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. ... Monmouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

Ranney School maintains multiple academic departments, rigorous courses, experienced teachers, small class sizes, state-of-the-art facilities, and a plethora of activities and sports. The 61 acres are home to an observatory, a greenhouse, a modern Middle and Upper school building, two computer labs, a large dining hall, tennis courts, tracks, two gymnasiums, an indoor 25-meter swimming pool, and fields for soccer, lacrosse, baseball, and softball.

Plans are currently being made for the groundbreaking of a new state-of-the-art Lower (elementary) School in the spring of 2007, designed by NK Architects and is planned to be constructed by Joseph A. Natoli Construction Corp.

The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools and Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS) serves independent elementary and secondary schools throughout the state of New Jersey. ... The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer based, non-profit association dedicated to the educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation. ...

Upper School Academics

Ranney keeps course enrollment as small as possible to maintain an intimate learning experience. Classes always have between four and twenty students.

The school offers 19 Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses. Qualified freshmen may enroll in AP Biology. Qualified sophomores may enroll in AP United States History. The Advanced Placement Program is a program that offers college level courses at high schools across the United States and Canada. ... AP Biology is a course offered by the College Board to high school students in the United States to earn credit for a college-level biology course. ... Advanced Placement United States History (AP United States History, AP US History, USAP, APUS, APUSH, AP American, or AP American History ) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program. ...

Alumni of the classes of 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 most frequently matriculated at the following seven colleges (listed alphabetically): American University, Johns Hopkins University, Lehigh University, New York University, Syracuse University, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University. For other universities known as American University, see American University (disambiguation). ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... Crouse College, a 19th-century Romanesque building which houses the universitys visual arts and music programs Syracuse University (SU) is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States the geographic center of the state, about 250 miles northwest of New York City. ... This article is about the private Ivy League university in Philadelphia. ... Yale redirects here. ...

Upper School Activities & Athletics

The school's culture is defined by extensive participation in school clubs, community service, and athletic teams which include:

• The Torch, student newspaper
• Horizons, student yearbook
• RSVP, student literary magazine
• Mock Trial
• Model Congress & Model United Nations
• Thespian Society
• LD Debate

Monthly trips are organized to go to the Monmouth County Ronald McDonald House and Lunch Break, as well as annual trips to the Special Olympics. A mock trial is a contrived or imitation trial. ... Model Congress gives students a chance to engage in a role-playing simulation of the United States Congress. ... A Model United Nations Conference in Stuttgart, Germany in action. ... Lincoln-Douglas Debate, sometimes called Lincoln-Douglas, LD debate, or simply L/D, L-D, or LD, is a style of debate practiced in National Forensic League competitions, and widely used in related debate leagues, such as the National Catholic Forensic League, National Educational Debate Association and NFLs analogous... Parker Anderson-Stanley, four, visits with Olympic gold-medalist Cassie Campbell at Ronald McDonald House Southern Alberta in Calgary on Saturday, 2006-01-14. ...

Ranney participates in Patriot Conference, which includes The Pennington School, Princeton Day School, Rutgers Preparatory School, Saddle River Day School, and Wardlaw-Hartridge School. The school also competes against other New Jersey and New York City area private schools. The Pennington School (also called Pennington or TPS) is a private co-educational independent boarding school enrolling approximately 445 day and boarding students in grades 6 through 12. ... Princeton Day School is a private coeducational day school located in Princeton Township, New Jersey. ... Rutgers Preparatory School (also known as Rutgers Prep or RPS) is a private, co-educational day school located in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, New Jersey. ... Saddle River Day School is the worst school ever. ... The Wardlaw-Hartridge School is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational day school located in Edison, New Jersey, United States, serving 430 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, as of the 2006-2007 school year. ...

In the summmer/fall of 2006, a new rubberized running track (Guidone Track ¼ mi) and turf field (Karagianakis Field) were installed.

In the fall of 2007, new tennis courts (Kelly Tennis Courts) were installed during an outdoor ceremony.

References

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External links

• Official school website
• National Center for Education Statistics data for Ranney School