Lord Stirling Community School

Lord Stirling Community School is a mid-tier K-5 school in NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, one of the schools within New Brunswick School District. The school teaches 436 students in grades pre-K through 5.

New Brunswick School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 8,337 students. Lord Stirling Community School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lord Stirling Community School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Other groups include 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lord Stirling Community School has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Lord Stirling Community School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Middlesex County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lord Stirling Community School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 13.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Middlesex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $111,549 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which Lord Stirling Community School is one.

The closest other public school is Roosevelt Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lord Stirling Community School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 21.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lord Stirling Community School has edged down 30%, going from 623 students in 2018 to 436 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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