Blair Academy

Blair Academy
Old Academy Building
Address
Map
2 Park Street

, ,
07825

United States
Coordinates40°59′06″N 74°57′50″W / 40.98500°N 74.96389°W / 40.98500; -74.96389
Information
TypePrivate, Boarding, Day
MottoVenite, Studete, Discite
("Come, Study, Learn")
Established1848; 176 years ago (1848)
NCES School ID00869091[1]
Head of schoolPeter G. Curran (2021–present)
Faculty59.8 FTEs[1]
Enrollment479 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Student to teacher ratio8.0:1[1]
CampusRural, 463 acres (1.87 km2)
Color(s)  Navy blue
  White
  Gray[4]
Athletics conferenceMid-Atlantic Prep League
Team nameBuccaneers[4]
RivalPeddie School
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools[2]
Tuition$75,900 boarding; $52,900 day (2024–25)[3]
Websitewww.blair.edu
Blair Presbyterial Academy
The Mill, built 1825, also part of the Blairstown Historic District
Area55 acres (22 ha)
ArchitectAddison Hutton
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.89001944[5]
NJRHP No.2748[6]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 24, 1992
Designated NJRHPDecember 2, 1991

Blair Academy is a coeducational, boarding and day school for students in high school.[1] The school serves students from ninth through twelfth grades as well as a small post-graduate class. The school's campus is located on a 463 acres (1.87 km2) campus in Blairstown in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of New York City.

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 479 students and 59.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.0:1. The school's student body was 55.1% (264) White, 23.0% (110) Asian, 11.1% (53) two or more races, 7.9% (38) Black and 2.9% (14) Hispanic.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f School data for Blair Academy, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2023.
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  5. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  6. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Warren County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. August 17, 2017. p. 1.