Ranney School is an independent

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al, college preparatory

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for students from age 3 (referred to as "Beginners") through

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located in Tinton Falls in Monmouth County, in the

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History

The school was founded in 1960 by educator Russell G. Ranney to help improve students' college board grades. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 686 students (plus 37 in PreK) and 76 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 9:1. The school's student body was 100% (686) two or more races.School data for Ranney School

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. Accessed November 1, 2023. Tuition for the 2025–26 school year ranges from $28,040 for grades K–5 to $41,910 for grades 6–12.Tuition and Affordability
Ranney School. Accessed April 1, 2025. "Tuition for the 2025-26 school year ranges from: $17,980 (part time enrollment in Beginners) to $23,120 (full day Pre-K) for Early Childhood; $28,040 to $33,310 for Kindergarten–Fifth Grade; $37,890 for Middle School and $40,520 to $41,910 for Upper School." The school's third headmaster retired at the end of the 2012–2013 school year, after 20 years of service to the school. Since July 1, 2013, Dr. John W. Griffith has been the school's fourth headmaster.

Governance

The school is a member of the

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and the

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. The school has been accredited by the

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Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1994 and is accredited until January 2027.Ranney School

Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 29, 2022.

Extracurricular activities

The school's student life programs include 20+ sports, 40+ clubs, 10+ Honor Societies, visual arts, and performing arts.

Athletics

The Ranney PanthersRanney School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in Division B Central of the Shore Conference, an athletic conference comprised of private and public high schools in Monmouth and

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counties along the

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.Shore Conference Realignment for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020
Shore Conference. Accessed November 15, 2020. The conference operates under the supervision of the

(NJSIAA). With 220 students in grades 10-12, NJSIAA classified the school for the 2019–20 school year as Non-Public B for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 37 to 366 students in that grade range (equivalent to Group I for public schools). The school also competes against other New Jersey and New York City area private schools. The school participates in a joint cooperative football team with Mater Dei High School as the host school/lead agency. St. John Vianney High School is the host school for a co-op ice hockey team. These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. The school has won more than 30 individual and team championships in five years, including swimming, tennis, basketball, fencing, and more. In 2011, the Ranney boys épée team won the state championship, the school's first state title in any sport. In 2012 and 2013, the Varsity Girls' Tennis team won the NJSIAA Non-Public B South Championship. In its first year in the Shore Conference as a B-Central Division member, 2012–2013, Ranney received the School of the Year and Coach of the Year Awards. Ranney Athletics are present in all divisions, Lower, Middle, and Upper School, including twice-weekly swim practice, an after-school RanneyPlus program, and a weekend Panther Cubs program for younger students. The school also has a crew team and an equestrian club. The girls' fencing team has won two individual foil titles in 2014 and 2016. The boys' basketball team won the Non-Public Group B state championship in 2019, defeating

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by a score of 56-50 in the tournament final at the RWJBarnabas Health Arena, having lost to Roselle Catholic in the Non-Public B finals a year before on a last-second basket. Ranney came into its first Tournament of Champions as the top seed, winning against number-five seed Moorestown High School by 62-40 in the semifinals and won vs. second-seeded

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in the championship game by a score of 67-63 to finish the season with a 31-3 record. In 2024, Rachel Lasda, girls lacrosse coach and science teacher, joined the Latvian national lacrosse team. Professionally, Lasda has competed in multiple World Championships with the Latvian Women's National Lacrosse Team as a player and assistant coach since 2013 when she first began at Ranney. Ranney's John Welch won the Shore Conference Boys Golf Tournament on April 24th, 2024.

Campus

The campus features assembly spaces and media centers, a music wing, two dining halls, two libraries, robotics labs, Innovation Labs (makerspaces), a finance lab featuring 12 Bloomberg terminals, and athletic facilities including tennis courts, a track, two gymnasiums, an indoor 25-meter swimming pool, a 415-capacity outdoor grandstand and press box, training and conditioning facilities and fields for soccer, lacrosse, baseball, and softball.

Notable alumni

* Bryan Antoine (born 2000)

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(born 1968),

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(born 1982), actress (attended through the 5th grade) *

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(born 1997), a singer who finished in second place on ''The Voice'' season 5 * Scottie Lewis (born 2000), college basketball player for the

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* Marc Lore (born 1971), entrepreneur, investor, and co-owner of the

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* Jessica Springsteen (born 1991), an international equestrian who is the daughter of

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* Phillip Wheeler (born 2002), professional

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Chrampanis, Rich
"Ranney’s Wheeler Leaves High School for Pro Basketball in Italy"
''Two River Times'', August 27, 2019. Accessed April 1, 2025. "As a junior, Phillip Wheeler was a high flying scorer for Ranney’s first ever Tournament of Champions title.... Academics were an issue throughout Wheeler’s time in high school and as a result his basketball journey has had many stops. He spent his first two years at Rumson-Fair Haven High School before joining Ranney in his junior campaign."

References

External links

Official school websiteData for Ranney School

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