Kent Place School

Kent Place School is an independent, nonsectarian, college-preparatory day school in Summit, New Jersey. Founded in 1894, it serves girls from kindergarten through twelfth grade, plus a coed preschool that feeds the lower grades. Total enrollment sits between 500 and 700 students across a Primary, Middle, and Upper School.

Teaching here is shaped by research on how girls learn. In practice, that means seminar-style humanities classes, labs where girls run the equipment, and advisories small enough that every student is known by name. Language offerings span Mandarin, French, Latin, and Spanish — a range that signals the academic depth expected across departments. Faculty are hired to teach a subject well, advise, and often coach or lead a club.

Compensation rests on a healthy balance sheet. Kent Place reported about $41 million in revenue and $66 million in net assets in 2023, with fundraising up roughly 55 percent year over year. That footing supports competitive salaries, health and retirement benefits, tuition remission for faculty children, and real professional development budgets. Summit sits on NJ Transit's Midtown Direct line, so the commute works from Manhattan, the Oranges, and much of Morris and Union counties.

Faculty jobs open across all three divisions in English, math, science, history, world languages, and the arts. Staff roles cover admission, advancement, communications, technology, college counseling, and student life. Most teaching searches run from January through spring for an August start. For educators drawn to girls' education at a New Jersey day school with depth, Kent Place rewards long tenure.