The Old Bridge Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Old Bridge Township, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of 14 schools, had an enrollment of 8,096 students and 670.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

History

Old Bridge High School opened in September 1994. It was formed from the merger of Cedar Ridge High School and Madison Central High School, which were the two existing high schools in Old Bridge Township.

Awards and recognition

Cheesequake Elementary School was one of nine public schools recognized in 2017 as Blue Ribbon Schools by the United States Department of Education.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary schools

• M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School with 226 students in grades K–5
• Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School (196; K–5)
• Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School (182; K–5)
• Madison Park Elementary School (285; K–5)
• James A. McDivitt Elementary School (532; K–5)
• Memorial Elementary School (417; K–5)
• William A. Miller Elementary School (332; K–5)
• Walter M. Schirra Elementary School (269; K–5)
• Alan B. Shepard Elementary School (280; K–5)
• Southwood Elementary School (343; K–5)
• Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School (394; K–5)

Middle schools

• Jonas Salk Middle School (903; 6–8)
• Carl Sandburg Middle School (981; 6–8)

High school

• Old Bridge High School (2,707; 9–12)

Former schools

• Cheesequake Elementary School was the oldest building in the district. The district felt that the building did not have sufficient parking. In 2019 it had 280 students and 25 staff.
  • In January 2019, after the State of New Jersey reduced funding, David Cittadino, the superintendent, announced it would likely close the school. The district was to have $12,000,000 fewer dollars in its budget for a five year period, and the district leadership publicly stated that the state caused Cheesequake to close. The Cheesequake closure would mean the district would spend $750,000 fewer. It closed in 2019. Schools that took former Cheesequake students were Madison Park, McDivitt, Memorial and Shepard. In 2020, the Sayreville Public Schools planned to rent the facilities temporarily after the closure.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• David Cittadino, superintendent
• David Weidele, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.