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Founded	1965
Serves	180 students age 3 through 8th Grade
Accreditation	American Montessori Society (AMS) *Accredited with non-traditional Montessori age groupings. International Baccalaureate World School: Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS) Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA)
Faculty	Student to teacher ratio of 9:1 10 years average tenure 90% with Montessori or International Baccalaureate training 70% with advanced degrees
Mission	The Red Oaks School develops each child's gifts by inspiring personal and intellectual growth.
Curriculum	We offer two internationally recognized educational programs – Montessori in the early years and International Baccalaureate in the middle school. Our curriculum is designed to reflect best practices in education, including: experiential learning, emphasis on higher-order thinking and problem-solving, deep study of topics, attending to the needs of the whole child, and collaborative learning.
Our Graduates	Red Oaks graduates gain admission to the region's most competitive high schools, including: Berkshire School Blair Academy Delbarton School Gill St. Bernard's School Kent Place School The Lawrenceville School Montclair Kimberley Academy Morris County School Of Technology Morristown-Beard School Morristown High School STEM Academy Newark Academy Oratory Preparatory School Academy of St. Elizabeth Seton Hall Preparatory School Peddie School The Pingry School Princeton International School of Mathematics & Science Proctor Academy Villa Walsh Academy
Standardized Testing	Our students consistently outperform national, suburban, and independent schools on the rigorous Educational Record Bureau exams, as measured by median percentile scores.
Community	Our community of families is regionally and globally diverse. They reside in 5 different counties within a 30-mile radius of the school. Our families originate from 6 different continents and more than 26 different countries: 20% of our students and 50% of our families originated from outside of the United States 35% report a primary racial identification as non-white and 15% report more than one racial identity group 30% of our students hold citizenship or dual citizenship in another country 50% of our families speak another language or dialect (other than English) in their homes, with more than 30 different languages represented.