Walter M. Schirra Elementary School

As a small primary school in OLD BRIDGE, New Jersey, Walter M. Schirra Elementary School serves 268 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Old Bridge Township School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Walter M. Schirra Elementary School sits 34% below that benchmark.

Old Bridge Township School District comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 7,921 students; Walter M. Schirra Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Walter M. Schirra Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 20% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Middlesex County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Walter M. Schirra Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.0%, the actual is 64.6%, a residual of +6.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) records that 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%. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), Walter M. Schirra Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walter M. Schirra Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 51.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walter M. Schirra Elementary School has edged down 9%, going from 293 students in 2018 to 268 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment declined from 28% to 20% over that span.

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