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Perth Amboy city, NJ
ZIP 08861 — Schools & Education
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates. Page data updated 2026-08-02.
Middle ClassLarge CommunityLow Snow Area
School district, nearby K-12 schools, and universities
Schools & Education in ZIP 08861
K-12 nearby
100
Public
78
Private
22
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 08861 (Perth Amboy, NJ) is associated with Perth Amboy City School District (LEA 3412930) 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 (78 public, 22 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 4.2 miles.
ACS estimates show about 0.1% 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 DeVry University-New Jersey about 3.3 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Perth Amboy City School District
LEA ID
3412930
Private school share (ACS)
0.1%
Colleges & universities (100)
- DeVry University-New Jersey3.3 miles (5.2 km)4yr-private
- Middlesex College5.0 miles (8.1 km)2yr-public
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood6.0 miles (9.6 km)4yr-private
- Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary6.0 miles (9.7 km)4yr-private
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph School6.7 miles (10.8 km)4yr-private
- St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island7.7 miles (12.3 km)2yr-private
- Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield8.1 miles (13.0 km)2yr-private
- College of Staten Island CUNY8.6 miles (13.9 km)4yr-public
- American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education9.1 miles (14.6 km)2yr-private
- JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools9.1 miles (14.6 km)2yr-private
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick9.2 miles (14.9 km)4yr-public
- New Brunswick Theological Seminary9.4 miles (15.1 km)4yr-private
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- Chamberlain University-New Jersey9.5 miles (15.3 km)4yr-private
- UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey10.5 miles (16.9 km)2yr-public
- Strayer University-New Jersey10.9 miles (17.5 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes Boruch10.9 miles (17.5 km)4yr-private
- Kean University11.1 miles (17.8 km)4yr-public
- Wagner College11.5 miles (18.5 km)4yr-private
- Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok11.6 miles (18.7 km)4yr-private
- Healthcare Training Institute12.2 miles (19.6 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Leyma12.3 miles (19.9 km)4yr-private
- American Institute-Somerset14.4 miles (23.2 km)2yr-private
- Seton Hall University15.4 miles (24.8 km)4yr-private
- Brookdale Community College15.4 miles (24.8 km)2yr-public
- Merkaz Bnos-Business School15.5 miles (25.0 km)2yr-private
- Essex County College15.9 miles (25.5 km)2yr-public
- Rutgers University-Newark15.9 miles (25.7 km)4yr-public
- Pillar College16.0 miles (25.8 km)4yr-private
- New Jersey Institute of Technology16.1 miles (25.9 km)4yr-public
- Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander16.3 miles (26.2 km)4yr-private
- New Jersey City University16.3 miles (26.2 km)4yr-public
- Yeshivas Novominsk16.5 miles (26.5 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka16.5 miles (26.6 km)4yr-private
- Talmudical Seminary of Bobov16.6 miles (26.7 km)4yr-private
- Elyon College16.6 miles (26.7 km)2yr-private
- Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College16.7 miles (26.8 km)4yr-private
- Bnos Zion Of Bobov Seminary16.7 miles (26.9 km)2yr-private
- Yeshivas Sanz Klauzenburg16.8 miles (27.0 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer16.8 miles (27.0 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Karlin Stolin16.8 miles (27.1 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas16.8 miles (27.1 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion17.0 miles (27.3 km)4yr-private
- Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah17.0 miles (27.4 km)4yr-private
- Seminar L'moros Bais Yaakov17.0 miles (27.4 km)2yr-private
- Best Care College17.1 miles (27.6 km)2yr-private
- Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute17.1 miles (27.6 km)4yr-private
- Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute17.3 miles (27.8 km)4yr-private
- Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron Meilech17.3 miles (27.9 km)4yr-private
- New York Seminary17.3 miles (27.9 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva Derech Chaim17.4 miles (27.9 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Sholom Shachna17.4 miles (28.0 km)4yr-private
- Center for Allied Health Education17.6 miles (28.3 km)2yr-private
- Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin17.6 miles (28.3 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva of Kasho17.7 miles (28.5 km)4yr-private
- Central Yeshiva Beth Joseph17.7 miles (28.5 km)4yr-private
- Saint Peter's University17.8 miles (28.6 km)4yr-private
- Yeshivat Hechal Shemuel17.8 miles (28.6 km)4yr-private
- Manhattan School of Computer Technology17.9 miles (28.8 km)2yr-private
- Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary17.9 miles (28.8 km)4yr-private
- CUNY Kingsborough Community College18.1 miles (29.2 km)2yr-public
- Hudson County Community College18.2 miles (29.3 km)2yr-public
- Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael18.4 miles (29.6 km)4yr-private
- Drew University18.5 miles (29.7 km)4yr-private
- Eastern International College-Jersey City18.6 miles (29.9 km)4yr-private
- CUNY Brooklyn College18.6 miles (29.9 km)4yr-public
- Mildred Elley-New York Campus18.7 miles (30.0 km)2yr-private
- Relay Graduate School of Education18.7 miles (30.0 km)4yr-private
- Metropolitan College of New York18.8 miles (30.2 km)4yr-private
- Brooklyn Law School19.0 miles (30.6 km)4yr-private
- St. Francis College19.1 miles (30.7 km)4yr-private
- Pacific College of Health and Science19.1 miles (30.7 km)4yr-private
- CUNY New York City College of Technology19.2 miles (30.9 km)4yr-public
- Pace University19.3 miles (31.0 km)4yr-private
- Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine19.3 miles (31.0 km)4yr-private
- CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College19.4 miles (31.2 km)2yr-public
- CUNY Medgar Evers College19.4 miles (31.2 km)4yr-public
- Bloomfield College of Montclair State University19.4 miles (31.3 km)4yr-public
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus19.4 miles (31.3 km)4yr-private
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University19.5 miles (31.4 km)4yr-public
- New York Law School19.5 miles (31.4 km)4yr-private
- New York Academy of Art19.6 miles (31.5 km)4yr-private
- AMG School of Nursing19.6 miles (31.5 km)2yr-private
- Associated Beth Rivkah Schools19.7 miles (31.7 km)4yr-private
- St. Joseph's University-New York19.9 miles (32.0 km)4yr-private
- Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America19.9 miles (32.1 km)4yr-private
- IE New York College20.0 miles (32.1 km)4yr-private
- Pratt Institute-Main20.0 miles (32.2 km)4yr-private
- Saint Elizabeth University20.0 miles (32.2 km)4yr-private
- Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah20.0 miles (32.3 km)4yr-private
- Stevens Institute of Technology20.2 miles (32.5 km)4yr-private
- Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz20.3 miles (32.7 km)4yr-private
- New York University20.4 miles (32.9 km)4yr-private
- Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion20.5 miles (33.0 km)4yr-private
- The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art20.6 miles (33.1 km)4yr-private
- The New School20.7 miles (33.4 km)4yr-private
- Atlantic Acting School20.8 miles (33.5 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva Yesoda Hatorah Vetz Chaim20.8 miles (33.5 km)4yr-private
- United Talmudical Seminary20.9 miles (33.6 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical College of Ohr Shimon Yisroel20.9 miles (33.6 km)4yr-private
- Talmudical Academy-New Jersey21.0 miles (33.7 km)4yr-private
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel E. Shull Middle School | public | — | — | 0.1 miles (0.2 km) |
| Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School | public | — | — | 0.1 miles (0.2 km) |
| ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.2 miles (0.3 km) |
| Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood Center | public | — | — | 0.3 miles (0.4 km) |
| Edward J. Patten Elementary School | public | — | — | 0.4 miles (0.6 km) |
| Rose M. Lopez Elementary School | public | — | — | 0.4 miles (0.7 km) |
| Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School | public | — | — | 0.6 miles (0.9 km) |
| Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School | public | — | — | 0.6 miles (1.0 km) |
| Perth Amboy Magnet School | public | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.1 km) |
| Edmund Hmieleski Early Childhood Center | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.2 km) |
| Middlesex County STEM Charter School | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.3 km) |
| William C. McGinnis Middle School | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) |
| Perth Amboy High School | public | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.5 km) |
| James J. Flynn Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
| Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.0 km) |
| Woodbridge Academy Magnet School | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.3 km) |
| PS 1 TOTTENVILLE | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.8 km) |
| AHRC NYC JAMES P. MURPHY STATEN ISLAND PREP | private | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.8 km) |
| IS 34 TOTTENVILLE | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| GATEWAY ACADEMY | private | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| ST JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.6 km) |
| PS 6 CORPORAL ALLAN F KIVLEHAN SCHOOL | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.8 km) |
| Dual Language School | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| LEARNING EXPERIENCE OF WOODBRIDGE THE | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE | private | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| Ross Street Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Woodbridge Middle School | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| SOUTH RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL IS/PS 25 | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| South Amboy Middle/High School | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| Matthew Jago Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| South Amboy Elementary | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.4 km) |
| Lafayette Estates Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| Mawbey Street Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Fords Middle School | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| KATHLEEN GRIMM SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| PS 3 MARGARET GIOIOSA SCHOOL (THE) | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| Woodbridge High School | public | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.2 km) |
| James Monroe Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| PS 56 LOUIS DESARIO SCHOOL (THE) | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Project Before at Selover School | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Herbert Hoover Middle School | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.7 km) |
| Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.9 km) |
| Harry S. Truman Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| Iselin Middle School | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.2 km) |
| Port Reading Avenue Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| John F. Kennedy Memorial High School | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Emma Arleth Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| Avenel Street Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| Indiana Avenue Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| LAKEVIEW SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| IS 75 FRANK D PAULO | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| Robert Mascenik Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| Mildred B. Moss Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| Columbus Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| APPLE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF EDISON | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| PS 5 HUGUENOT | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| Oak Tree Road Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| Sayreville War Memorial High School | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| PS 4 MAURICE WOLLIN | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| GATEWAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.5 km) |
| Samsel Upper Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.5 km) |
| Carteret Middle School | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Avenel Middle School | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Edgar Middle School | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Woodbine Avenue Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Carteret Junior High School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.6 km) |
| Carteret High School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| ADULT DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| Sayreville Middle School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| Kennedy Park Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| CALLICORP DBA FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY CHILD CARE CEN | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| Metuchen High School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| EDGAR EARLY LEARNING CENTER | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| YESHIVA GEDOLAH OF CARTERET INC. | private | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| NEW ROAD SCHOOL OF PARLIN | private | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
| ST FRANCIS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
| METUCHEN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| Menlo Park Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| Madison Park Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.2 km) |
| Campbell Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.1 miles (8.3 km) |
| Nathan Hale Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.3 km) |
| Edison Academy Magnet School | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| ST JOSEPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| JOHN KENNEY CHILD CARE CENTER HELLER PARK | private | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.6 km) |
| Claremont Avenue Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.6 km) |
| Memorial Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.6 km) |
| Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| PRECIOUS GEMS MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| Center for Lifelong Learning | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| Colonia High School | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.9 km) |
| HOLY CHILD FAITH ENRICHMENT | private | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.9 km) |
| Lynn Crest Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.0 km) |
| Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) |
| ST JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) |
| OVERLAKE PREPARATORY ACADEMY | private | — | — | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 08861
What school district is ZIP code 08861 in?
ZIP 08861 (Perth Amboy, NJ) maps to Perth Amboy City School District (LEA ID 3412930) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 08861?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 78 public and 22 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 08861 attend private school?
About 0.1% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 08861 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 15.5% |
| High school | 31.2% |
| Less than HS | 30.1% |
| School district | Perth Amboy City School District |