South Brunswick Public Schools

South Brunswick Public Schools
Address
231 Black Horse Lane
Monmouth Junction
, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 08852
United States
Coordinates40°25′15″N 74°30′51″W / 40.42082°N 74.514238°W / 40.42082; -74.514238
District information
GradesPre-K to 12
SuperintendentScott Feder
Business administratorDavid E. Pawlowski
Schools10
Students and staff
Enrollment8,071 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Faculty676.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.sbschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,96413$18,891−15.5%
1Budgetary Cost12,235914,783−17.2%
2Classroom Instruction7,43988,763−15.1%
6Support Services1,39442,392−41.7%
8Administrative Cost1,327301,485−10.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,811681,7831.6%
13Extracurricular Activities18224268−32.1%
16Median Teacher Salary67,3756664,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The South Brunswick Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from South Brunswick in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising 10 schools, had an enrollment of 8,071 students and 676.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1.[1]

The district has grown substantially in recent decades, with district enrollment more than doubling in the two decades from 1991[4] and high school enrollment doubling to nearly 2,000 in the decade prior to 2001 and increasing by another 1,000 in the subsequent decade.[5][6] However, its enrollment has recently declined the past couple of years, from 8,623 students in the 2018-19 school year down to 8,280 last school year.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for South Brunswick School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ South Brunswick Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, South Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed January 18, 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 in the South Brunswick School District. Composition: The South Brunswick School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of South Brunswick."
  4. ^ About the Community, South Brunswick Public Schools. Accessed September 24, 2014. "In 1991, the District's enrollment was just under 4,000 students. At the start of the 2010-2011 school year, approximately 9,100 students were enrolled in the District's school communities, which include nine elementary schools for students in Grades K-5, a two-campus middle school for students in Grades 6-8 and a high school for students attending Grades 9-12."
  5. ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/South Brunswick; A Sprawling Town Reining In Growth", The New York Times, November 10, 2002. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Nowhere in South Brunswick is the rapid growth felt more profoundly than in the 8,160-student school system, which grew by 160 students last year. It consists of nine elementary schools, Crossroads Middle School, for Grades 7 and 8, and the 1,942-student South Brunswick High School, where enrollment has doubled in the past decade."
  6. ^ South Brunswick High School, SchoolDigger.com. Accessed September 22, 2011.
  7. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 24, 2014.