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Fort Dix CDP, NJ

ZIP 08640 — Schools & Education

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates. Page data updated 2026-08-02.

Middle ClassLow Snow Area

School district, nearby K-12 schools, and universities

Schools & Education in ZIP 08640

K-12 nearby
30
Public
27
Private
3
Avg enrollment
—

ZIP 08640 (Fort Dix, NJ) is associated with Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (LEA 3434001) on US5’s NCES EDGE district mapping. District assignment is ZIP/ZCTA-based and can span multiple attendance boundaries — confirm school assignment with the district for enrollment.

Within about 10 miles, US5 lists 30 K-12 schools (27 public, 3 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 6.2 miles.

ACS estimates show about 0.1% of school-enrolled residents in this ZIP attending private school — a ZIP-level share, not a per-campus rate.

The nearest college/university on US5 is Pennco Tech-Bristol about 16.1 miles away (2yr-private).

District & higher education
School district
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
LEA ID
3434001
Private school share (ACS)
0.1%

Colleges & universities (100)

  • Pennco Tech-Bristol16.1 miles (26.0 km)2yr-private
  • Rowan College at Burlington County16.2 miles (26.1 km)2yr-public
  • Capital Health School of Radiologic Technology16.7 miles (26.8 km)2yr-private
  • Capital Health School of Nursing16.7 miles (26.8 km)2yr-private
  • Mercer County Community College17.6 miles (28.3 km)2yr-public
  • Thomas Edison State University17.6 miles (28.4 km)4yr-public
  • Mosdos Yaakov V'Yisroel18.9 miles (30.4 km)4yr-private
  • Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah19.6 miles (31.5 km)4yr-private
  • American Institute-Toms River19.8 miles (31.8 km)2yr-private
  • Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yaakov Yitzchok19.8 miles (31.9 km)4yr-private
  • Rabbinical Seminary Mkor Chaim20.1 miles (32.4 km)4yr-private
  • Cairn University-Langhorne20.2 miles (32.5 km)4yr-private
Show all 100 colleges & universities
  • Georgian Court University20.3 miles (32.7 km)4yr-private
  • Beth Medrash of Asbury Park20.3 miles (32.7 km)4yr-private
  • Yeshivas Emek Hatorah20.4 miles (32.8 km)4yr-private
  • Rider University20.5 miles (33.0 km)4yr-private
  • Beth Medrash Govoha20.6 miles (33.1 km)4yr-private
  • The College of New Jersey20.8 miles (33.4 km)4yr-public
  • Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah21.0 miles (33.8 km)4yr-private
  • Bais Medrash Toras Chesed21.1 miles (34.0 km)4yr-private
  • Holy Family University21.3 miles (34.2 km)4yr-private
  • Seminary Bnos Chaim21.4 miles (34.4 km)2yr-private
  • Yeshiva Bais Aharon21.6 miles (34.7 km)4yr-private
  • Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel21.7 miles (34.9 km)4yr-private
  • Bais Medrash Mayan Hatorah21.7 miles (34.9 km)4yr-private
  • Strayer University-Pennsylvania21.8 miles (35.0 km)4yr-private
  • Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia21.8 miles (35.1 km)2yr-private
  • Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yerachmiel22.1 miles (35.5 km)4yr-private
  • Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Philadelphia22.5 miles (36.2 km)2yr-private
  • Ocean County College22.5 miles (36.3 km)2yr-public
  • Yeshiva Toras Chaim22.6 miles (36.4 km)4yr-private
  • Yeshiva Gedolah Keren Hatorah22.7 miles (36.5 km)4yr-private
  • American Institute-Cherry Hill22.9 miles (36.9 km)2yr-private
  • Orleans Technical College23.0 miles (37.0 km)2yr-private
  • Keser Torah-Mayan Hatalmud23.2 miles (37.3 km)4yr-private
  • Yeshiva Gedolah of Woodlake Village23.3 miles (37.4 km)4yr-private
  • Talmudical Academy-New Jersey23.3 miles (37.4 km)4yr-private
  • Princeton Theological Seminary23.9 miles (38.5 km)4yr-private
  • Princeton University24.1 miles (38.7 km)4yr-private
  • Bucks County Community College25.6 miles (41.2 km)2yr-public
  • Bryn Athyn College of the New Church26.4 miles (42.5 km)4yr-private
  • Manor College27.8 miles (44.7 km)4yr-private
  • Camden County College28.1 miles (45.3 km)2yr-public
  • Rutgers University-Camden28.4 miles (45.7 km)4yr-public
  • Pennco Tech-Blackwood28.4 miles (45.7 km)2yr-private
  • Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington28.6 miles (45.9 km)4yr-public
  • ASPIRA City College28.8 miles (46.3 km)2yr-private
  • Automotive Training Center-Warminster29.0 miles (46.6 km)2yr-private
  • Salus University29.0 miles (46.7 km)4yr-private
  • Gratz College29.0 miles (46.7 km)4yr-private
  • Won Institute of Graduate Studies29.1 miles (46.9 km)4yr-private
  • Missio Theological Seminary29.8 miles (47.9 km)4yr-private
  • La Salle University29.8 miles (48.0 km)4yr-private
  • Temple University30.0 miles (48.2 km)4yr-public
  • PITC Institute30.0 miles (48.3 km)2yr-private
  • Reconstructionist Rabbinical College30.1 miles (48.4 km)4yr-private
  • Thomas Jefferson University30.3 miles (48.7 km)4yr-private
  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts30.5 miles (49.1 km)4yr-private
  • Community College of Philadelphia30.5 miles (49.1 km)2yr-public
  • Studio Incamminati30.6 miles (49.3 km)2yr-private
  • University of the Arts30.7 miles (49.4 km)4yr-private
  • Peirce College30.8 miles (49.5 km)4yr-private
  • Arcadia University30.9 miles (49.7 km)4yr-private
  • Jna Institute of Culinary Arts30.9 miles (49.7 km)2yr-private
  • Curtis Institute of Music30.9 miles (49.8 km)4yr-private
  • Moore College of Art and Design30.9 miles (49.8 km)4yr-private
  • Academy of Vocal Arts31.1 miles (50.0 km)4yr-private
  • Westminster Theological Seminary31.6 miles (50.9 km)4yr-private
  • Drexel University31.9 miles (51.3 km)4yr-private
  • Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church32.0 miles (51.5 km)4yr-private
  • Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus32.0 miles (51.6 km)2yr-public
  • University of Pennsylvania32.1 miles (51.7 km)4yr-private
  • Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing32.8 miles (52.8 km)2yr-private
  • Walnut Hill College32.8 miles (52.8 km)4yr-private
  • Brookdale Community College32.8 miles (52.8 km)2yr-public
  • Chamberlain University-New Jersey32.9 miles (52.9 km)4yr-private
  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine33.1 miles (53.2 km)4yr-private
  • MCI Institute of NJ33.9 miles (54.6 km)2yr-private
  • Chestnut Hill College34.2 miles (55.0 km)4yr-private
  • Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia34.3 miles (55.1 km)4yr-private
  • Rowan University34.6 miles (55.7 km)4yr-public
  • Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia34.8 miles (56.0 km)4yr-private
  • Rutgers University-New Brunswick35.0 miles (56.3 km)4yr-public
  • New Brunswick Theological Seminary35.1 miles (56.6 km)4yr-private
  • Stockton University35.5 miles (57.2 km)4yr-public
  • Rabbi Jacob Joseph School35.8 miles (57.6 km)4yr-private
  • Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood35.9 miles (57.8 km)4yr-private
  • Delaware Valley University36.2 miles (58.3 km)4yr-private
  • Monmouth University36.3 miles (58.4 km)4yr-private
  • Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook36.5 miles (58.7 km)4yr-private
  • Middlesex College36.5 miles (58.8 km)2yr-public
  • Gwynedd Mercy University36.7 miles (59.0 km)4yr-private
  • Atlantic Cape Community College37.8 miles (60.8 km)2yr-public
  • Haverford College37.8 miles (60.8 km)4yr-private
  • American Institute-Somerset37.8 miles (60.9 km)2yr-private
  • Montgomery County Community College38.1 miles (61.3 km)2yr-public
  • Bryn Mawr College38.2 miles (61.5 km)4yr-private
  • Harcum College38.3 miles (61.7 km)2yr-private
  • Strayer University-New Jersey38.5 miles (62.0 km)4yr-private
  • Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield38.8 miles (62.5 km)2yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles

Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.

Grades
Joseph S. Stackhouse Schoolpublic——1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Fort Dix Elementary Schoolpublic——2.1 miles (3.3 km)
New Hanover Township Schoolpublic——2.6 miles (4.1 km)
Endeavour Elementary Schoolpublic——3.0 miles (4.9 km)
Denbo Crichton Schoolpublic——3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Marcus W. Newcomb Middle Schoolpublic——3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Helen A. Fort Middle Schoolpublic——3.6 miles (5.9 km)
North Hanover Township Upper Elementary Schoolpublic——4.7 miles (7.6 km)
Clarence B. Lamb Elementary Schoolpublic——4.8 miles (7.8 km)
Pemberton Early Childhood Education Centerpublic——5.0 miles (8.1 km)
Pemberton Township High Schoolpublic——5.1 miles (8.2 km)
Howard L. Emmonspublic——5.6 miles (9.0 km)
Samuel T. Busansky Schoolpublic——5.7 miles (9.2 km)
Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary Schoolpublic——5.7 miles (9.2 km)
New Egypt Middle Schoolpublic——6.2 miles (9.9 km)
New Egypt High Schoolpublic——6.2 miles (9.9 km)
Springfield Township Schoolpublic——6.3 miles (10.1 km)
New Egypt Primary Schoolpublic——6.4 miles (10.3 km)
Northern Burlington County Regional High Schoolpublic——7.6 miles (12.2 km)
Mansfield Township Elementary Schoolpublic——7.8 miles (12.5 km)
Northern Burlington County Regional Middle Schoolpublic——7.9 miles (12.7 km)
NEW JERSEY UNITED CHRISTIAN ACADEMYprivate——7.9 miles (12.7 km)
John Hydock Elementary Schoolpublic——8.3 miles (13.3 km)
TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN ACADEMYprivate——8.6 miles (13.8 km)
Eastampton Township Community Schoolpublic——8.7 miles (13.9 km)
MEADOW VIEW JUNIOR ACADEMYprivate——9.0 miles (14.4 km)
Southampton Township School #3public——9.5 miles (15.3 km)
Southampton Township School #2public——9.5 miles (15.3 km)
Southampton Township School #1public——9.6 miles (15.4 km)
Chesterfield Township Elementary Schoolpublic——9.8 miles (15.8 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 08640

What school district is ZIP code 08640 in?
ZIP 08640 (Fort Dix, NJ) maps to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (LEA ID 3434001) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 08640?
US5 lists 30 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 27 public and 3 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 08640 attend private school?
About 0.1% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 08640 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Schools & Education key statistics

Education statistics
Education
Bachelor's or higher15.7%
High school45.5%
Less than HS18.9%
School districtJoint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst