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Sayreville borough, NJ
ZIP 08879 — 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 08879
K-12 nearby
100
Public
80
Private
20
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 08879 (Sayreville, NJ) is associated with Old Bridge Township School District (LEA 3409270) 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 (80 public, 20 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 5.0 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 Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood about 3.3 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Old Bridge Township School District
LEA ID
3409270
Private school share (ACS)
0.3%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood3.3 miles (5.3 km)4yr-private
- Middlesex College5.3 miles (8.6 km)2yr-public
- DeVry University-New Jersey6.5 miles (10.5 km)4yr-private
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph School6.7 miles (10.8 km)4yr-private
- Chamberlain University-New Jersey8.4 miles (13.6 km)4yr-private
- Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary8.6 miles (13.8 km)4yr-private
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick9.1 miles (14.6 km)4yr-public
- New Brunswick Theological Seminary9.3 miles (15.0 km)4yr-private
- Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield9.5 miles (15.3 km)2yr-private
- American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education10.6 miles (17.1 km)2yr-private
- St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island10.9 miles (17.6 km)2yr-private
- College of Staten Island CUNY11.6 miles (18.7 km)4yr-public
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- JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools11.7 miles (18.8 km)2yr-private
- Strayer University-New Jersey12.0 miles (19.3 km)4yr-private
- Brookdale Community College12.4 miles (20.0 km)2yr-public
- Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes Boruch13.4 miles (21.5 km)4yr-private
- UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey14.1 miles (22.7 km)2yr-public
- Wagner College14.2 miles (22.8 km)4yr-private
- Kean University14.8 miles (23.8 km)4yr-public
- American Institute-Somerset15.1 miles (24.3 km)2yr-private
- Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok15.3 miles (24.7 km)4yr-private
- Healthcare Training Institute15.9 miles (25.6 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Leyma16.1 miles (25.9 km)4yr-private
- Talmudical Academy-New Jersey17.3 miles (27.8 km)4yr-private
- Merkaz Bnos-Business School17.5 miles (28.1 km)2yr-private
- Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander18.5 miles (29.7 km)4yr-private
- Elyon College18.6 miles (29.9 km)2yr-private
- MCI Institute of NJ18.6 miles (29.9 km)2yr-private
- Yeshivas Novominsk18.6 miles (30.0 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka18.7 miles (30.2 km)4yr-private
- Talmudical Seminary of Bobov18.9 miles (30.4 km)4yr-private
- Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College18.9 miles (30.4 km)4yr-private
- Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah18.9 miles (30.5 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Karlin Stolin19.0 miles (30.5 km)4yr-private
- Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute19.0 miles (30.6 km)4yr-private
- Bnos Zion Of Bobov Seminary19.0 miles (30.6 km)2yr-private
- Yeshivas Sanz Klauzenburg19.0 miles (30.6 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer19.1 miles (30.8 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas19.1 miles (30.8 km)4yr-private
- Seton Hall University19.1 miles (30.8 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion19.2 miles (30.9 km)4yr-private
- Monmouth University19.3 miles (31.0 km)4yr-private
- Seminar L'moros Bais Yaakov19.3 miles (31.1 km)2yr-private
- Center for Allied Health Education19.4 miles (31.3 km)2yr-private
- Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute19.5 miles (31.4 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Sholom Shachna19.5 miles (31.4 km)4yr-private
- Essex County College19.5 miles (31.4 km)2yr-public
- New York Seminary19.5 miles (31.4 km)2yr-private
- CUNY Kingsborough Community College19.6 miles (31.5 km)2yr-public
- Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron Meilech19.6 miles (31.5 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin19.6 miles (31.5 km)4yr-private
- New Jersey City University19.6 miles (31.5 km)4yr-public
- Rutgers University-Newark19.6 miles (31.5 km)4yr-public
- Yeshiva Derech Chaim19.6 miles (31.6 km)4yr-private
- Pillar College19.7 miles (31.6 km)4yr-private
- Central Yeshiva Beth Joseph19.7 miles (31.7 km)4yr-private
- Yeshivat Hechal Shemuel19.7 miles (31.7 km)4yr-private
- New Jersey Institute of Technology19.8 miles (31.8 km)4yr-public
- Manhattan School of Computer Technology20.1 miles (32.3 km)2yr-private
- Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary20.1 miles (32.4 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael20.3 miles (32.7 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva of Kasho20.4 miles (32.8 km)4yr-private
- CUNY Brooklyn College20.7 miles (33.3 km)4yr-public
- Best Care College20.9 miles (33.6 km)2yr-private
- Saint Peter's University21.0 miles (33.9 km)4yr-private
- Hudson County Community College21.5 miles (34.5 km)2yr-public
- Mildred Elley-New York Campus21.6 miles (34.7 km)2yr-private
- Relay Graduate School of Education21.6 miles (34.7 km)4yr-private
- Princeton University21.6 miles (34.8 km)4yr-private
- Metropolitan College of New York21.7 miles (35.0 km)4yr-private
- Brooklyn Law School21.7 miles (35.0 km)4yr-private
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University21.8 miles (35.0 km)4yr-public
- St. Francis College21.8 miles (35.0 km)4yr-private
- Drew University21.8 miles (35.1 km)4yr-private
- Eastern International College-Jersey City21.8 miles (35.1 km)4yr-private
- CUNY Medgar Evers College21.8 miles (35.1 km)4yr-public
- CUNY New York City College of Technology22.0 miles (35.4 km)4yr-public
- Pacific College of Health and Science22.0 miles (35.4 km)4yr-private
- Princeton Theological Seminary22.0 miles (35.5 km)4yr-private
- Associated Beth Rivkah Schools22.1 miles (35.6 km)4yr-private
- Pace University22.2 miles (35.7 km)4yr-private
- CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College22.4 miles (36.0 km)2yr-public
- AMG School of Nursing22.4 miles (36.0 km)2yr-private
- Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah22.4 miles (36.1 km)4yr-private
- New York Law School22.5 miles (36.2 km)4yr-private
- St. Joseph's University-New York22.5 miles (36.2 km)4yr-private
- New York Academy of Art22.5 miles (36.3 km)4yr-private
- Pratt Institute-Main22.7 miles (36.5 km)4yr-private
- Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz22.7 miles (36.5 km)4yr-private
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus22.8 miles (36.6 km)4yr-private
- Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America22.8 miles (36.7 km)4yr-private
- IE New York College22.9 miles (36.9 km)4yr-private
- Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine23.0 miles (37.0 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical College Ohr Yisroel23.0 miles (37.0 km)4yr-private
- Bloomfield College of Montclair State University23.1 miles (37.2 km)4yr-public
- Saint Elizabeth University23.3 miles (37.6 km)4yr-private
- Stevens Institute of Technology23.4 miles (37.6 km)4yr-private
- New York University23.4 miles (37.7 km)4yr-private
- Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion23.5 miles (37.8 km)4yr-private
- The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art23.5 miles (37.9 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Before at Selover School | public | — | — | 0.3 miles (0.5 km) |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School | public | — | — | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) |
| South Amboy Elementary | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| South Amboy Middle/High School | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.7 km) |
| Samsel Upper Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| Emma Arleth Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| Harry S. Truman Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Madison Park Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| NEW ROAD SCHOOL OF PARLIN | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Sayreville War Memorial High School | public | — | — | 2.0 miles (3.2 km) |
| Memorial Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Sayreville Middle School | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Center for Lifelong Learning | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Cheesequake School | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.6 km) |
| William C. McGinnis Middle School | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| MATAWAN MONTESSORI ACADEMY LLC | private | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| Cliffwood Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| Perth Amboy Magnet School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| IS 34 TOTTENVILLE | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Rose M. Lopez Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| PS 1 TOTTENVILLE | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| AHRC NYC JAMES P. MURPHY STATEN ISLAND PREP | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Ravine Drive Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| Edward J. Patten Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood Center | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Samuel E. Shull Middle School | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| PS 6 CORPORAL ALLAN F KIVLEHAN SCHOOL | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| Middlesex County STEM Charter School | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| James A. McDivitt Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| GODDARD SCHOOL OF OLD BRIDGE | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| SOUTH RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL IS/PS 25 | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| Old Bridge High School | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| ST STANISLAUS KOSTKA SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Edmund Hmieleski Early Childhood Center | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Perth Amboy High School | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| GATEWAY ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.5 km) |
| James J. Flynn Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| Carl Sandburg Middle School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| GOOD SHEPHERD CHILDRENS CENTER | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| Dual Language School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| Matawan Regional High School | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.9 km) |
| Keyport Central School | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Alan B. Shepard Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
| Keyport High School | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
| Woodbridge Academy Magnet School | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.3 km) |
| PS 3 MARGARET GIOIOSA SCHOOL (THE) | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.3 km) |
| JOHN KENNEY CHILD CARE CENTER HELLER PARK | private | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.3 km) |
| Raritan Valley School | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.5 km) |
| Cambridge Park Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| PILLARS PREPARATORY ACADEMY | private | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| APPLE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF EDISON | private | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| Walter M. Schirra Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE | private | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| Lloyd Road Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| Edison Academy Magnet School | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| Beers Street School | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| Strathmore Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| Herbert Hoover Middle School | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.0 km) |
| DARUL ARQAM SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.0 km) |
| Fords Middle School | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.0 km) |
| M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.0 km) |
| William A. Miller Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.0 km) |
| Southwood Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.1 km) |
| Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.1 km) |
| South River Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.1 km) |
| South River High School | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.1 km) |
| South River Middle School | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) |
| Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning Center | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) |
| South River Early Learning Center | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) |
| Memorial School | public | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.3 km) |
| Chittick Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.3 km) |
| ST BENEDICT SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.4 km) |
| James Monroe Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.4 km) |
| South River Primary School | public | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.5 km) |
| Lafayette Estates Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.5 km) |
| ST JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.6 km) |
| ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| CPC HIGH POINT SCHOOL | private | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.6 km) |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.7 km) |
| Cove Road School | public | — | — | 6.0 miles (9.7 km) |
| KATHLEEN GRIMM SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP | public | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.8 km) |
| Bowne-Munro Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.1 miles (9.8 km) |
| Ross Street Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.2 miles (9.9 km) |
| TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL | public | — | — | 6.2 miles (9.9 km) |
| LEARNING EXPERIENCE OF WOODBRIDGE THE | private | — | — | 6.2 miles (9.9 km) |
| THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE | private | — | — | 6.2 miles (9.9 km) |
| PS 56 LOUIS DESARIO SCHOOL (THE) | public | — | — | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
| IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN | public | — | — | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) |
| Edgar Middle School | public | — | — | 6.3 miles (10.1 km) |
| Indian Hill School | public | — | — | 6.3 miles (10.2 km) |
| Marlboro Memorial Middle School | public | — | — | 6.4 miles (10.2 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 08879
What school district is ZIP code 08879 in?
ZIP 08879 (Sayreville, NJ) maps to Old Bridge Township School District (LEA ID 3409270) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 08879?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 80 public and 20 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 08879 attend private school?
About 0.3% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 08879 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 31.6% |
| High school | 31.4% |
| Less than HS | 10.5% |
| School district | Old Bridge Township School District |