New Jersey's Jesuit High School. Since 1872.

Since 1872, young men have begun the journey of a lifetime at the corner of Grand & Warren.
Discover what you can be when you accept the challenge to be yourself, only greater.

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Prep Honored at York Street Project Gala

by Mike Jiran
on Oct 23
Saint Peter’s Prep was humbled and grateful to be honored with the Sister Kristin Funari Legacy of Hope Award at the York Street Project‘s Celebration of Hope Gala this month. York Street Project is a Jersey City nonprofit whose mission is a weaving of innovative programs which provide an environment to shelter, feed, educate and promote the healing of persons in need, especially women, children, and their families. Prep Principal Chris Caulfield, ’03 accepted the […]
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Prep Keeps Walking, Five Years Running!

by Mike Jiran
on Oct 23
Picture perfect weather awaited us along the streets of Jersey City for Walkathon 2026, the fifth year for this revival of a beloved Prep tradition! Students and teachers painted our neighborhood maroon with Prep Pride and enjoyed a barbecue and games on our field. The Walkathon is a celebration Prep’s place in the fabric of the vibrant community we’ve called home since 1872. It also raises funds for our Financial Aid Program…and together, we met […]
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Football Alumni Celebrate Reunion

by Mike Jiran
on Oct 21
On October 1, generations of Prep Football alumni returned to Caven Point for the Prep Football Alumni Reunion Tailgate & Fundraiser, reconnecting with former teammates, coaches, and friends before the Marauders took the victory against Seton Hall Prep. The evening celebrated the tradition and brotherhood of Prep Football while bringing past and present Marauders together around the program they love. Alumni also had the opportunity to Play it Forward by supporting the Student-Athlete Support Fund, […]
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Prep at a Glance

51

AP & Honors-level Courses Offered


$7 million

Given annually in merit & need-based scholarships and financial assistance

20

2023-2024 Athletic Team Championships


89%

Of the graduating class of 2024 received a college scholarship

21

Fine & Performing Arts Courses Offered


117 

Communities represented by Prep students, spanning 13 NJ counties, plus 3 NYC boroughs and even Long Island! 

99%

Of graduates enroll in 4-year colleges and universities


1872

The year of our founding, starting a 150+ year history of creating men of competence, conscience, and compassion

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Magnificently Human

All of us are unfinished. We struggle. We worry. We disappoint people. We disappoint ourselves. We get things wrong. And somehow, in the middle of all of that, we remain extraordinarily capable of astonishing goodness. We love. We forgive. We sacrifice. We show up. We begin again. That is human. Magnificently human.

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Our Mission

Saint Peter’s Prep, a Catholic, Jesuit, college preparatory school, holistically develops the minds, hearts, bodies, and characters of boys in becoming men for and with others.

Both enriched and challenged by its diversity, Prep is a community of learners seeking to find God in all things.

Our rigorous academic, athletic, co-curricular, spiritual and service programs foster in students a knowledge and understanding of the world and the courage to advance the common good with competence, conscience, and compassion.