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'Far Hills Country Day School' (also called FHCDS) is a private, nonsectarian coeducational day school located in Far Hills, New Jersey, United States, serving students in nursery through eighth grade on a 55-acre rural-suburban campus set on rolling hills and bordered by woods with nature trails.
The school has a total enrollment of 453 students, with 16 or fewer students in each class and an 8:1 student-teacher ratio. 60% of the school's 60 teachers are pursuing or hold a master’s or higher degree and over half of all teachers have more than 10 years’ teaching experience. Tuition ranges from $10,675 for prekindergarten to $23,100 for eighth grade. The school is currently undergoing construction, started in 2004, to end in 2008. The new plans involve building a new gym and an auditorium, as well as an already-built new cafeteria (built 2004) and a new lower school wing (2006). Their campaign is named "Pathways to excellence", referring to their motto In Virtute Multi Acensus"- "There are many degrees of excellence".
Far Hills Country Day School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Elementary Schools, and is a member of both the National Association of Independent Schools and the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.

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When alumna Christine Todd Whitman appeared on ''Celebrity Jeopardy!'' in 2004, one of the beneficiaries was Far Hills Country Day School.
In addition to the Whitmans, children from well-known families that attened FHCDS include: the Johnsons, (Johnson and Johnson), the Forbeses (Forbes Magazine), and the Chantecailles (Chantecaille cosmetics).

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★ School website

★ National Center for Education Statistics data for Far Hills Country Day School