Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child
Independent Catholic school in Union County, New Jersey, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child is an independent Catholic private school in Summit, in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is coeducational from pre-kindergarten to grade 6 and all-girls for seventh grade to twelfth grade. The school is a member of the international Holy Child Network of Schools, under the supervision of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1992.[4] The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.[5]
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44 Blackburn Road , , 07901 United States | |
Coordinates | 40°42′36″N 74°22′0″W |
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Type | Private, Coeducational PK-6 All-Girls |
Motto | "Actions not words." - Cornelia Connelly |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Established | 1924 |
Founder | Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus |
Oversight | Society of the Holy Child Jesus |
CEEB code | 311-430 |
NCES School ID | 02167374[1] |
Principal | Kate McGroarty (7-12) Christine Spies (PK-6) |
Head of school | Jennifer G. Landis[2] |
Faculty | 72.5 FTEs[1] |
Grades | PK–12 |
Enrollment | 504 [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 7:1[1] |
Color(s) | Navy blue and Gold[3] |
Athletics conference | Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference |
Team name | Royals[3] |
Rival | Kent Place School Summit High School Villa Walsh Academy |
Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[4] New Jersey Association of Independent Schools NJAIS |
Publication | Freestyle (literary magazine) |
Newspaper | Untucked |
Yearbook | Aquila |
Tuition | Lower School Tuition/Upper School Tuition |
Website | www |
As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 504 students and 72.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7:1. The school's student body was 78.4% (395) White, 7.3% (37) Black, 7.1% (36) Hispanic, 3.8% (19) Asian and 3.4% (17) two or more races.[1]
Oak Knoll was founded in 1924 and is one of nine schools in the Holy Child Network of Schools that provides independent Catholic education across the United States. The Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus have also founded schools in England, Ireland, France, Nigeria, and Ghana. All Holy Child schools operate under the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, based in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. Oak Knoll shares the goals of the Schools of the Holy Child Jesus.