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Fords CDP, NJ
ZIP 08837 — Schools & Education
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates. Page data updated 2026-08-02.
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School district, nearby K-12 schools, and universities
Schools & Education in ZIP 08837
K-12 nearby
100
Public
72
Private
28
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 08837 (Fords, NJ) is associated with Edison Township School District (LEA 3404500) 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 100 K-12 schools (72 public, 28 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 3.9 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.3% 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 Middlesex College about 1.3 miles away (2yr-public).
District & higher education
School district
Edison Township School District
LEA ID
3404500
Private school share (ACS)
0.3%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Middlesex College1.3 miles (2.1 km)2yr-public
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph School3.0 miles (4.7 km)4yr-private
- DeVry University-New Jersey3.5 miles (5.7 km)4yr-private
- Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield4.8 miles (7.8 km)2yr-private
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick5.5 miles (8.8 km)4yr-public
- New Brunswick Theological Seminary5.6 miles (9.0 km)4yr-private
- American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education5.9 miles (9.5 km)2yr-private
- Chamberlain University-New Jersey6.0 miles (9.6 km)4yr-private
- JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools7.2 miles (11.5 km)2yr-private
- Strayer University-New Jersey7.5 miles (12.0 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood8.0 miles (12.8 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes Boruch8.8 miles (14.1 km)4yr-private
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- Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary9.7 miles (15.6 km)4yr-private
- St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island10.7 miles (17.3 km)2yr-private
- American Institute-Somerset10.8 miles (17.4 km)2yr-private
- UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey10.8 miles (17.4 km)2yr-public
- College of Staten Island CUNY12.0 miles (19.2 km)4yr-public
- Kean University12.8 miles (20.6 km)4yr-public
- Healthcare Training Institute13.3 miles (21.4 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Leyma13.5 miles (21.7 km)4yr-private
- Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok13.6 miles (21.8 km)4yr-private
- Wagner College15.0 miles (24.1 km)4yr-private
- Seton Hall University16.6 miles (26.8 km)4yr-private
- Brookdale Community College17.1 miles (27.5 km)2yr-public
- Drew University17.7 miles (28.5 km)4yr-private
- Essex County College17.8 miles (28.7 km)2yr-public
- Rutgers University-Newark17.9 miles (28.9 km)4yr-public
- Pillar College18.1 miles (29.1 km)4yr-private
- New Jersey Institute of Technology18.1 miles (29.1 km)4yr-public
- Best Care College18.6 miles (29.9 km)2yr-private
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus18.6 miles (30.0 km)4yr-private
- New Jersey City University19.1 miles (30.8 km)4yr-public
- Saint Elizabeth University19.2 miles (30.9 km)4yr-private
- Merkaz Bnos-Business School19.2 miles (30.9 km)2yr-private
- Raritan Valley Community College19.3 miles (31.0 km)2yr-public
- Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander19.9 miles (32.0 km)4yr-private
- Yeshivas Novominsk20.1 miles (32.3 km)4yr-private
- Princeton University20.1 miles (32.3 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka20.1 miles (32.4 km)4yr-private
- Talmudical Seminary of Bobov20.1 miles (32.4 km)4yr-private
- Elyon College20.2 miles (32.6 km)2yr-private
- Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College20.3 miles (32.6 km)4yr-private
- Bnos Zion Of Bobov Seminary20.3 miles (32.7 km)2yr-private
- Yeshivas Sanz Klauzenburg20.3 miles (32.7 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer20.4 miles (32.8 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas20.4 miles (32.8 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Karlin Stolin20.4 miles (32.9 km)4yr-private
- Princeton Theological Seminary20.5 miles (33.0 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion20.6 miles (33.1 km)4yr-private
- Saint Peter's University20.6 miles (33.1 km)4yr-private
- Seminar L'moros Bais Yaakov20.6 miles (33.2 km)2yr-private
- Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah20.7 miles (33.3 km)4yr-private
- Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute20.8 miles (33.5 km)4yr-private
- Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute20.8 miles (33.5 km)4yr-private
- Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine20.9 miles (33.6 km)4yr-private
- Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron Meilech20.9 miles (33.7 km)4yr-private
- New York Seminary20.9 miles (33.7 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva Derech Chaim20.9 miles (33.7 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Sholom Shachna21.0 miles (33.8 km)4yr-private
- Bloomfield College of Montclair State University21.0 miles (33.8 km)4yr-public
- Talmudical Academy-New Jersey21.0 miles (33.8 km)4yr-private
- Hudson County Community College21.0 miles (33.9 km)2yr-public
- Yeshiva of Kasho21.1 miles (34.0 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin21.3 miles (34.2 km)4yr-private
- Center for Allied Health Education21.3 miles (34.2 km)2yr-private
- Eastern International College-Jersey City21.4 miles (34.4 km)4yr-private
- Central Yeshiva Beth Joseph21.4 miles (34.4 km)4yr-private
- Yeshivat Hechal Shemuel21.5 miles (34.5 km)4yr-private
- Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary21.5 miles (34.6 km)4yr-private
- Manhattan School of Computer Technology21.5 miles (34.6 km)2yr-private
- Rabbinical College of America21.8 miles (35.1 km)4yr-private
- Mildred Elley-New York Campus21.8 miles (35.1 km)2yr-private
- Relay Graduate School of Education21.8 miles (35.1 km)4yr-private
- CUNY Kingsborough Community College21.9 miles (35.2 km)2yr-public
- Metropolitan College of New York21.9 miles (35.3 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael22.1 miles (35.6 km)4yr-private
- CUNY Brooklyn College22.3 miles (35.8 km)4yr-public
- Pacific College of Health and Science22.3 miles (35.8 km)4yr-private
- Brooklyn Law School22.3 miles (35.9 km)4yr-private
- Caldwell University22.4 miles (36.0 km)4yr-private
- St. Francis College22.4 miles (36.0 km)4yr-private
- Pace University22.4 miles (36.1 km)4yr-private
- CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College22.5 miles (36.2 km)2yr-public
- CUNY New York City College of Technology22.5 miles (36.3 km)4yr-public
- New York Law School22.6 miles (36.5 km)4yr-private
- New York Academy of Art22.7 miles (36.5 km)4yr-private
- AMG School of Nursing22.9 miles (36.8 km)2yr-private
- CUNY Medgar Evers College22.9 miles (36.9 km)4yr-public
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University23.1 miles (37.1 km)4yr-public
- Eastwick College-Nutley23.1 miles (37.1 km)2yr-private
- IE New York College23.1 miles (37.2 km)4yr-private
- Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America23.1 miles (37.2 km)4yr-private
- Stevens Institute of Technology23.1 miles (37.2 km)4yr-private
- Associated Beth Rivkah Schools23.2 miles (37.4 km)4yr-private
- St. Joseph's University-New York23.2 miles (37.4 km)4yr-private
- MCI Institute of NJ23.3 miles (37.5 km)2yr-private
- Pratt Institute-Main23.4 miles (37.7 km)4yr-private
- New York University23.5 miles (37.9 km)4yr-private
- Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah23.6 miles (37.9 km)4yr-private
- Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion23.6 miles (38.0 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APPLE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF EDISON | private | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE | private | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.7 km) |
| Herbert Hoover Middle School | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| Edison Academy Magnet School | public | — | — | 1.5 miles (2.3 km) |
| Edgar Middle School | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.5 km) |
| METUCHEN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.8 km) |
| JOHN KENNEY CHILD CARE CENTER HELLER PARK | private | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| EDGAR EARLY LEARNING CENTER | private | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Dual Language School | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Mildred B. Moss Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| James Monroe Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| Lincoln Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| Edison Early Learning Center | public | — | — | 2.1 miles (3.4 km) |
| CALLICORP DBA FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY CHILD CARE CEN | private | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Fords Middle School | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| Edison High School | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| ST FRANCIS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Campbell Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| PRECIOUS GEMS MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| Washington Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| LAKEVIEW SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| Lafayette Estates Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| Metuchen High School | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| RABBI JACOB JOSEPH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.7 km) |
| Middlesex County STEM Charter School | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (4.9 km) |
| ST JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.1 km) |
| Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.2 km) |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle School | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.3 km) |
| Harry S. Truman Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| ST STANISLAUS KOSTKA SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| James J. Flynn Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Lindeneau Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Rose M. Lopez Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Menlo Park Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Woodbrook Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| Perth Amboy High School | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| LITTLE FLOWER MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Samuel E. Shull Middle School | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Emma Arleth Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Sayreville Middle School | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Sayreville War Memorial High School | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Edmund Hmieleski Early Childhood Center | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| John Marshall Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Irving Primary School | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Woodbridge Academy Magnet School | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| William C. McGinnis Middle School | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood Center | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| South Amboy Elementary | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| Edward J. Patten Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.5 km) |
| Future Foundations Academy (FFA) | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Piscataway Regional Day School | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| Bright Beginnings Learning Center | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| Indiana Avenue Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| ST JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.8 km) |
| Perth Amboy Magnet School | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| South Amboy Middle/High School | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Bartle Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Highland Park High School | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| Highland Park Middle School | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| DBA JUMP IMMERSION SCHOOL/JUMP ENRICHMENT CENTER | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| Oak Tree Road Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| Mawbey Street Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| Center for Lifelong Learning | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Ross Street Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| YESHIVA SHAAREI TZION BOYS' | private | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| CHILDRENS HOUSE MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| RABBI PESACH RAYMON YESHIVA | private | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| NEW ROAD SCHOOL OF PARLIN | private | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Iselin Middle School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Piscataway Magnet School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Robert Mascenik Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| John F. Kennedy Memorial High School | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Samsel Upper Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Woodbridge Middle School | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.5 km) |
| Madison Park Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.5 km) |
| Kennedy Park Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| LEARNING EXPERIENCE OF WOODBRIDGE THE | private | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE | private | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| Project Before at Selover School | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| DARUL ARQAM SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| John P. Stevens High School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.6 km) |
| John Adams Middle School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.6 km) |
| RUTGERS-LIVINGSTON DAY CARE CENTER | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| Woodbridge High School | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.8 km) |
| PILLARS PREPARATORY ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.8 km) |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.8 km) |
| OVERLAKE PREPARATORY ACADEMY | private | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| James Madison Intermediate School | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Churchill Junior High School | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
| GREATSTART EARLY LEARNING | private | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 08837
What school district is ZIP code 08837 in?
ZIP 08837 (Fords, NJ) maps to Edison Township School District (LEA ID 3404500) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 08837?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 72 public and 28 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 08837 attend private school?
About 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 08837 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 52.4% |
| High school | 18.3% |
| Less than HS | 6.4% |
| School district | Edison Township School District |