East Brunswick Schools in Top 10 in State

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - According to a new ranking released by Niche.com Tuesday, East Brunswick public schools are in the top 10 best public school systems in the state.

East Brunswick schools came in #7, finding itself in elite company: Princeton, Chatham, Millburn, Montgomery Township and West Windsor-Plainsboro are all perennial highly-ranked New Jersey school districts. Princeton was ranked #1 for the second year in a row.

According to Niche.com, the average student-teacher ratio in East Brunswick public schools was 12:1; the average teacher salary is $76,000 per year. There are 8,254 students in the district, and the district spends about $18,900 per student. High school graduation rates are 97 percent, and the average SAT score is 1,280(660 math/620 verbal) and the average ACT score is 29. The district also earned high marks for diversity.

To get to these results, Niche analyzed academic and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data and ratings collected from millions of Niche users. Read how the ranking was calculated here.

Here are the top school districts in New Jersey as ranked by Niche.com

1. Princeton Public Schools, Princeton
2. Millburn Township Schools, Millburn
3. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, West Windsor
4. The School District of the Chathams, Chatham
5. Montgomery Township School District, Skillman
6. Tenafly Public Schools, Tenafly
7. East Brunswick Public Schools, East Brunswick
8. Bernards Township School District, Basking Ridge
9. Livingston Public Schools, Livingston
10. Summit Public Schools, Summit

The list of the top 100 school districts in New Jersey can be found here.