Founded in 1926, the Rumson Country Day School is a coeducational,

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independent

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located on a campus in

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, specializing in educating boys and girls from nursery (age three) through eighth grade. The Rumson Country Day School has probationary accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the

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Awards and recognition

For the 1998-99 school year, The Rumson Country Day School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the

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, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.

School population

As of the 2023-24 school year, the school has an enrollment of 336 students (in grades N-8) and 63 classroom teachers, for a

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of 6:1. In Grades N-5, students are divided into heterogeneous homerooms with a maximum size of 15 students per homeroom. In Grades 6-8 (Upper School), classes are departmentalized and honors sections are offered in English, math and foreign language (French and Spanish). Students in seventh and eighth grades take Latin in addition to their world language selection. The Rumson Country Day School has 61 full-time and 2 part-time teachers. Teachers have an average of 18 years of experience, with 13 of those years at RCDS. The school has a student/teacher ratio of 6:1 and average class size of 12-15.

Classes

The school offers a traditional curriculum of English grammar and literature, mathematics, science, social studies, foreign language (French, Spanish, and Latin), art, crafts, wood shop, music and physical education. The school also offers a School Within A School program called The Carmody School, which helps children with learning differences. In September 2010, the school officially opened the new William I. Riker Academic Center, an addition covering that includes a new main library, new computer lab and art rooms, a seminar room and three new age-specific science labs.

Sports

Interscholastic sports were started at RCDS in 1946. Sports are played throughout the academic year. Fall sports are soccer (boys and girls), football, and field hockey. Winter sports include: basketball (boys and girls), and ice hockey: started in 2007 with one game which was won 4-0 against Princeton Day School. Spring sports include lacrosse (boys and girls), baseball, tennis, and softball.

Notable alumni

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. *

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(born 1991), equestrian who won a silver medal in the Team jumping at the

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''Community Magazine''. Accessed December 29, 2022. "Jessica realized her passion very early on.... With riding beginning at such a young age, I wondered how it affected her school life while attending Rumson Country Day, Ranney School and Duke University."

References

External links

Rumson Country Day School websiteData for Rumson Country Day School
National Center for Education Statistics
Private School Review, Rumson Country Day SchoolGreat Schools Review, Rumson Country Day School
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