Wardlaw-Hartridge School
The Wardlaw-Hartridge School (commonly referred to as Wardlaw or W-H) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational day school located in Edison, New Jersey, United States, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. It is divided into three administrative divisions: the Lower School, the Middle School, and the Upper School.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the school had an enrollment of 417 students (plus 29 in pre-K) and 55.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.5.
The Wardlaw-Hartridge School is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools and the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.
History
The Wardlaw Country Day School
In 1882, the precursor to the Wardlaw School, The Leal School for Boys, headed by Mr. Wardlaw, serving boys from first grade to senior year of high school, was founded in Plainfield, New Jersey. In 1916, Charles Digby "Pop" Wardlaw moved from teacher to Head and purchased the school, and changed its name to The Wardlaw School. In 1959, the school was purchased from 'Pop' Wardlaw and renamed The Wardlaw Country Day School. The campus on Central Avenue was expanded with a new classrrom wing and auditorium. In the late 1960s, the Wardlaw school moved to a campus off Inman Avenue in the bordering town of Edison.
