Academy Learning Center

Academy Learning Center is one of the minimally staffed all-grades campuss in MONROE TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, run under Educational Services Commission of New Jersey, with 113 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 88% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 934 students.

Academy Learning Center is one of 6 schools operated by Educational Services Commission of New Jersey, a district that works with 735 students overall.

On demographics, Academy Learning Center logs that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 17% Black, 16% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Middlesex County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Academy Learning Center tighter than the state norm the norm. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Middlesex County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put the typical household earns roughly $111,549 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Academy Learning Center is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).

Barclay Brook School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Academy Learning Center.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 128 students in 2018 compared to 113 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 19% to 27%.

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