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Schools in Zip Code 08857

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At a glance

Schools

5,117

Students

5-star school

Top rankedWalter M. Schirra Elementary School61^st of 1,331 New Jersey elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Walter M. Schirra Elementary School up 265 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Calvary Christian School 8.9 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

3★

7 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 08857 has 10 schools—eight elementary and two middle schools, with no high schools listed—in the Old Bridge Township School District. In 2025–26, elementary-school averages were above state grade averages in ELA, math and fifth-grade science; middle-school math was also notably stronger than the state average, while middle-school science lagged. Results vary widely among elementary schools, so area-wide averages can hide important differences. The clearest standout is Walter M. Schirra Elementary School, which led the elementary schools in every reported ELA and math grade and in fifth-grade science.

Schirra averaged 81% in grades 3–5 ELA and 84% in math—25 and 28 percentage points above the other elementary schools’ averages—and scored 49% in fifth-grade science. At the other end, Southwood Elementary School had the lowest elementary grade averages in ELA (50%) and math (49%). The grade-level spread was especially large in third-grade ELA: 91% at Schirra versus 44% at Southwood. Middle-school differences are smaller: Jonas Salk Middle School averaged 47% in grades 6–8 math, compared with 41% at Carl Sandburg Middle School, while both were below the state in eighth-grade science.

Recent changes are mixed in elementary schools and generally weaker in the middle schools. Schirra’s average across comparable results rose 10 percentage points from the prior year, while Southwood fell 11; Carl Sandburg and Jonas Salk declined by averages of 5 and 4 points, respectively. SchoolDigger ranked Schirra in the 95th percentile in 2025–26, up from the 76th percentile the year before. Reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25 ranged from 13% at M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School to 29% at Southwood; Schirra was at 15%. Southwood also had the lowest elementary student-teacher ratio, 9.1, while elementary ratios reached 14.8 at William A. Miller Elementary School. Annual score comparisons do not track the same students over time.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJSLA-S Science (2026)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)						NJSLA Mathematics (2026)						NJSLA Algebra I (2026)		NJSLA Geometry (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 8th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
William A. Miller Elementary School	Public	K-5	2 Old Matawan Road	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4589	314	21	14.8	28.3%	159 (50.6%)	25 (8.0%)	53 (16.9%)	61 (19.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.5%)	63	513^th of 1331 public elementary schools	61.5%		59.8	541^st of 1347 public elementary schools	59.8%	28	43.4		51.1	41.2	69.8				54.1	46.4	67.9								$12,474	$68	$12,406
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School	Public	K-5	33 Bushnell Rd	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 360-4499	276	22	12.3	25.4%	158 (57.2%)	15 (5.4%)	56 (20.3%)	36 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (3.6%)	66.1	473^rd of 1331 public elementary schools	64.5%		75.5	348^th of 1347 public elementary schools	74.2%	125	32.6		45.9	54.2	75.0				58.3	70.8	46.1								$13,521	$617	$12,904
Carl Sandburg Middle School	Public	6-8	3439 Route 516	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4400	926	82	11.2	30.7%	436 (47.1%)	105 (11.3%)	184 (19.9%)	170 (18.4%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	25 (2.7%)	57.5	287^th of 743 public middle schools	61.4%		64.6	237^th of 752 public middle schools	68.5%	50		13.1				47.6	63.3	55.5				40.2	51.0	31.4	90.3	90.3			$15,286	$77	$15,209
James A. McDivitt Elementary School	Public	K-5	1 Manny Martin Way	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4512	536	46	11.5	23.3%	319 (59.5%)	29 (5.4%)	92 (17.2%)	75 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.9%)	62.5	523^rd of 1331 public elementary schools	60.7%		59.3	553^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	58.9%	30	32.3		58.1	48.2	64.1				66.7	45.8	48.4								$13,913	$68	$13,845
Jonas Salk Middle School	Public	6-8	155 W Greystone Road	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4519	886	78	11.4	25.1%	537 (60.6%)	69 (7.8%)	146 (16.5%)	106 (12.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (2.9%)	63.8	237^th of 743 public middle schools	68.1%		67.8	215^th of 752 public middle schools	71.4%	22		13.8				54.1	59.6	56.6				55.6	51.2	34.4	94.1	94.1			$16,607	$78	$16,529
M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School	Public	K-5	One Par Avenue	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4452	224	20	11.4	12.9%	160 (71.4%)	7 (3.1%)	30 (13.4%)	18 (8.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.6%)	66.9	463^rd of 1331 public elementary schools	65.2%		59.4	552^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	59.0%	89	29.4		57.1	44.8	74.3				71.5	51.3	60.0								$14,658	$68	$14,590
Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School	Public	K-5	11 Liberty Street	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4544	424	40	10.7	25.9%	241 (56.8%)	34 (8.0%)	62 (14.6%)	69 (16.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.8%)	67.7	452^nd of 1331 public elementary schools	66.0%		66.7	460^th of 1347 public elementary schools	65.9%	8	29.2		63.1	43.8	69.2				70.8	53.4	62.1								$15,422	$68	$15,354
Southwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	64 Southwood Dr	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4539	265	29	9.1	28.7%	158 (59.6%)	14 (5.3%)	66 (24.9%)	23 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	52.9	641^st of 1331 public elementary schools	51.8%		66.9	456^th of 1347 public elementary schools	66.1%	185	28.9		43.5	40.0	65.4				54.3	45.0	46.2								$21,025	$548	$20,477
Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School	Public	K-5	One Sims Avenue	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4481	211	17	12.4	27.0%	115 (54.5%)	21 (10.0%)	44 (20.9%)	19 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	10 (4.7%)	52.3	644^th of 1331 public elementary schools	51.6%		60.7	527^th of 1347 public elementary schools	60.9%	117	20.0		63.2	45.9	51.1				47.4	51.3	48.9								$13,648	$68	$13,580
Walter M. Schirra Elementary School	Public	K-5	One Awn St	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County	Old Bridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 360-4495	268	24	11.4	14.9%	161 (60.1%)	11 (4.1%)	32 (11.9%)	54 (20.1%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.6%)	93.4	61^st of 1331 public elementary schools	95.4%		77.4	326^th of 1347 public elementary schools	75.8%	265	48.5		90.7	72.8	79.5				90.7	81.8	79.5								$16,330	$68	$16,262
St Ambrose School	Private, Roman Catholic	PK, KG-8	81 Throckmorton Ln	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(732) 679-4700				—															(n/a)
Calvary Christian School	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	PK, KG-12	123 White Oak Ln	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(732) 479-0700	308	32	8.9	—	159 (51.6%)	23 (7.5%)	59 (19.2%)	23 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.8%)								(n/a)
Goddard School Of Old Bridge II	Private, Nonsectarian	PK-K	1480 Englishtown Rd	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(732) 416-9600				—															(n/a)
Kids Count Child Center	Private, Nonsectarian	PK-K	1308 Englishtown Rd Ste 1	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(732) 723-9416				—															(n/a)
St Thomas The Apostle School	Private, Roman Catholic	PK, KG-8	333 State Route 18	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(732) 251-4000	364	23	14.2	—	199 (54.7%)	25 (6.9%)	29 (8.0%)	45 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.4%)								(n/a)
Yeshiva Tiferes Naftoli Of Central Nj	Private, Jewish, Boys	9-12	8998 State Route 18	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(732) 952-8384				—															(n/a)
Good Shepherd Childrens Center	Private, Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod	PK-K	3139 Hwy 516	Old Bridge	08857	Middlesex County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(732) 679-8887	115	1	13.0	—	9 (7.8%)	1 (0.9%)	2 (1.7%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 08857

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Old Bridge	0.58 mi	10	208^th
Matawan	2.48 mi	3	276^th
East Brunswick	2.61 mi	13	109^th
Spotswood	3.38 mi	4	386^th
Parlin	3.55 mi	8	299^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.