Editing New Brunswick, New Jersey (section)

===Public schools===
The [[New Brunswick Public Schools]] serve students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=7286f1c73007451c9e06cc5042ad218f New Brunswick Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve and Adult Education in the New Brunswick School District. Composition: The New Brunswick School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the City of New Brunswick."</ref> The district is one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in ''Abbott v. Burke''<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325224335/https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History |date=March 25, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the ''Abbott v. Burke'' case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."</ref> which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]].<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325224335/https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo |date=March 25, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325224328/https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf |date=March 25, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> The district's nine-member Board of Education is elected at large, with three members up for election on a staggered basis each April to serve three-year terms of office; until 2012, the members of the Board of Education were appointed by the city's mayor.<ref>Kratovil, Charlie. [https://newbrunswicktoday.com/2016/02/17/three-seats-on-new-brunswick-school-board-up-for-election/ "Three Seats on New Brunswick School Board Up For Election; Deadline For Candidates to Get on Ballot is February 29, Incumbents Are Running"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704060848/https://newbrunswicktoday.com/2016/02/17/three-seats-on-new-brunswick-school-board-up-for-election/ |date=July 4, 2022 }}, ''New Brunswick Today'', February 17, 2016. Accessed August 29, 2017. "New Brunswick is the only community in Middlesex County that holds its school elections in April, separate from the partisan political offices elected in November's 'general' election. ... The city switched from a Board of Education (BOE) appointed by the Mayor to an elected school board in 2012, and the annual elections were scheduled in April by default."</ref>

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of 12 schools, had an enrollment of 9,690 students and 777.4 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.5:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3411220&DistrictID=3411220 District information for New Brunswick School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411220 School Data for the New Brunswick Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>) are 
Lincoln Elementary School<ref>[https://www.nbpschools.net/Domain/12 Lincoln Elementary School], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> (578; K-4), 
Livingston Elementary School<ref>[https://www.nbpschools.net/Domain/13 Livingston Elementary School], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> (342; K-5), 
Lord Stirling Elementary School<ref>[https://www.nbpschools.net/Domain/14 Lord Stirling Elementary School], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> (490; PreK-5), 
McKinley Community Elementary School<ref>[https://www.nbpschools.net/Domain/15 McKinley Community Elementary School], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> (640; PreK-8), 
A. Chester Redshaw Elementary School<ref>[https://www.nbpschools.net/Domain/19 A. Chester Redshaw Elementary School], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> (784; PreK-5), 
Paul Robeson Community School For The Arts<ref>[https://www.nbpschools.net/Domain/18 Paul Robeson Community School For The Arts], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> (665; K-8), 
Roosevelt Elementary School<ref>[https://www.nbpschools.net/Domain/20 Roosevelt Elementary School], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> (609; K-5), 
Blanquita B. Valenti Community School<ref>[https://www.nbpschools.net/Domain/11 Blanquita B. Valenti Community School], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> (opened 2023-24: 569 in grades 4–8), 
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School<ref>[https://www.nbpschools.net/Domain/21 Woodrow Wilson Elementary School], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> (373; PreK-8), 
New Brunswick Middle School<ref>[https://www.nbpschools.net/Domain/16 New Brunswick Middle School], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> (1,259; 6–8) and 
[[New Brunswick High School]]<ref>[https://www.nbpschools.net/Domain/8 New Brunswick High School], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> (2,477; 9–12).<ref>[https://www.nbpschools.net/contact Contact our district], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1rBKqyaYvx8_EftBvAXm2ArCQ5Q_RHsvQ&ll=40.486612566383194%2C-74.43911619284802&z=14 School Map], New Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/23/3530 School Performance Reports for the New Brunswick School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3530 New Jersey School Directory for the New Brunswick Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

The community is also served by the [[Greater Brunswick Charter School]], a K–8 [[charter school]] serving students from New Brunswick, [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]], [[Highland Park, New Jersey|Highland Park]] and [[Milltown, New Jersey|Milltown]].<ref>[http://www.greaterbrunswick.org/About-Us/Charter/index.html About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215155718/http://www.greaterbrunswick.org/About-Us/Charter/index.html |date=December 15, 2019 }}, [[Greater Brunswick Charter School]]. Accessed December 15, 2019. "The Greater Brunswick Regional Charter School is defined by the broad themes of child-directed learning in the vein of constructivism, Howard Gardner's 'unschooled mind,' and Montessori instruction; multi-age groupings of students; a unique degree of parental and community involvement; and a region of residence serving the entire and contiguous school districts of New Brunswick, Edison, Highland Park, and Milltown."</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 399 students and 32.5 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.3:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3400047&DistrictID=3400047 District information for Greater Brunswick Charter School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730230745/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3400047&DistrictID=3400047 |date=July 30, 2020 }}, [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>

Eighth grade students from all of Middlesex County are eligible to apply to attend the high school programs offered by the [[Middlesex County Magnet Schools]], a county-wide vocational school district that offers full-time career and technical education at its schools in [[East Brunswick Magnet School|East Brunswick]], [[Edison Academy Magnet School|Edison]], [[Perth Amboy Magnet School|Perth Amboy]], [[Piscataway Magnet School|Piscataway]] and [[Woodbridge Academy Magnet School|Woodbridge Township]], with no tuition charged to students for attendance.<ref>Heyboer, Kelly. [https://www.nj.com/news/g66l-2019/02/1b0ab48c995308/how-to-get-your-kid-a-seat-in-one-of-njs-hardesttogetinto-high-schools.html "How to get your kid a seat in one of N.J.'s hardest-to-get-into high schools"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], February 23, 2019. Accessed February 8, 2025. "Middlesex County has two stand-alone career academies for high-achieving students: the Academy for Science, Math and Engineering Technology, located on the campus of Middlesex County College in Edison, and the Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences in Woodbridge. How to apply: Students must attend a mandatory information session and submit an application by November of their 8th grade year."</ref><ref>[https://www.mcmsnj.net/about About Our Schools], [[Middlesex County Magnet Schools]]. Accessed February 8, 2025. "These high schools are free public schools that offer hands-on, integrated learning opportunities for students in grades 9-12 interested in all types of careers as well as higher education. Any student who resides anywhere in Middlesex County's 25 municipalities student may apply to the school district. If accepted, the home school district will permit the student to attend and will organize daily transportation at no cost to the student's family."</ref>