Public schools in East Brunswick, NJ

East Brunswick has 13 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 9,498 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; East Brunswick Public Schools runs 11 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run East Brunswick's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in East BrunswickDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
East Brunswick Public Schools118,159$26,439
Middlesex County Magnet Schools12,103$27,454
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School1598$17,590

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in East Brunswick, 2,869 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
East Brunswick High School2,12413.018.9%East Brunswick Public Schools
East Brunswick Magnet School74511.226.3%Middlesex County Magnet Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in East Brunswick, 3,301 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Churchill Junior High School2,08012.920.3%East Brunswick Public Schools
Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School1,22110.320.2%East Brunswick Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

9 elementary schools in East Brunswick, 3,328 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hatikvah International Academy Charter School65714.18.2%Hatikvah International Academy Charter School
Memorial Elementary School40810.620.8%East Brunswick Public Schools
Frost Elementary School3839.012.3%East Brunswick Public Schools
Lawrence Brook Elementary School3628.720.7%East Brunswick Public Schools
Central Elementary School3499.221.5%East Brunswick Public Schools
Chittick Elementary School3388.431.4%East Brunswick Public Schools
Warnsdorfer Elementary School3259.118.2%East Brunswick Public Schools
Irwin Elementary School30510.924.9%East Brunswick Public Schools
Bowne-Munro Elementary School20112.019.9%East Brunswick Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How East Brunswick's public schools compare with New Jersey's

The median East Brunswick school has 10.6 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the New Jersey median of 11.3. 0% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 31% across the state. Its median school enrolls 383 students (state 435).

East Brunswick against New Jersey, schools open in 2024-25 with students
East BrunswickNew Jersey
Median students per teacher10.611.3
Median school size (students)383435
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)0%31%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%8.1%
Charter schools7.7%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 13 East Brunswick schools and the 2,480 New Jersey schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in East Brunswick

  1. East Brunswick Public SchoolsRuns 11 of East Brunswick's 13 public schools and spent $26,439 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$26,439
  2. East Brunswick High School, the largest high school in East Brunswick2,124 students in 2024-25, 13.0 per teacher.2,124
  3. Compare East Brunswick Public Schools with Middlesex County Magnet SchoolsEast Brunswick's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in New JerseyNew Jersey's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an East Brunswick addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in New Jersey

  1. Newark78 schools
  2. Jersey City52 schools
  3. Paterson46 schools
  4. Elizabeth38 schools
  5. Trenton34 schools
  6. Hamilton26 schools
  7. Camden22 schools
  8. East Orange21 schools

Questions about schools in East Brunswick

  1. How many public schools are in East Brunswick, NJ?
    13 public schools with an address in East Brunswick were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 9,498 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in East Brunswick?
    East Brunswick High School, with 2,124 students in 2024-25 (East Brunswick Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run East Brunswick's schools?
    East Brunswick Public Schools (11 schools), Middlesex County Magnet Schools (1 school), Hatikvah International Academy Charter School (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .