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Lord Stirling School

Lord Stirling Rd Po Box 369, Basking Ridge, NJ, 07920-0792 -

School Notes Overview:

Since 1965, Lord Stirling has met with great success helping New Jersey’s youth redirect their lives towards positive goals. Located on eleven acres in Basking Ridge, Lord Stirling is a small, private, non-profit day school for pre-adolescents and adolescents, ages 7 through 21, who have not succeeded in mainstream education. The students who enroll in Lord Stirling are typically experiencing conflict in their interaction with the world – emotionally, behaviorally and academically. Our highly supervised programs focus on accountability, helping students to become responsible participants within their families and communities. Lord Stirling provides a supportive, therapeutic environment that builds self-esteem and self-confidence, placing special emphasis on intensive one-on-one psychological counseling....

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School Overview:

	Lord Stirling School
School Type	Special Education School
School Membership(s)	Council of Bilingual Education National Association of Laboratory Schools
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades Kindergarten - Kindergarten
County	Somerset County, NJ
Student Body
Total Students	45 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(NJ) School Avg.
% Students of Color	84%	32%
Students by Grade
	Kind - 1 students
	Unspecified Grade Placement - 44 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	9 teachers
	This School	(NJ) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:5	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	210 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	5 hours	6 hours
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling

School Notes:

Since 1965, Lord Stirling has met with great success helping New Jersey’s youth redirect their lives towards positive goals. Located on eleven acres in Basking Ridge, Lord Stirling is a small, private, non-profit day school for pre-adolescents and adolescents, ages 7 through 21, who have not succeeded in mainstream education. The students who enroll in Lord Stirling are typically experiencing conflict in their interaction with the world – emotionally, behaviorally and academically. Our highly supervised programs focus on accountability, helping students to become responsible participants within their families and communities. Lord Stirling provides a supportive, therapeutic environment that builds self-esteem and self-confidence, placing special emphasis on intensive one-on-one psychological counseling.
Profile last updated: 01/19/2007

School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (07920)	School Zip (07920)	(NJ) State Average
Population (Approximate)	24,600 people	8,413,990 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	72%	36%
Population Average Age	39 years old	36 years old
Average Household size	2.6 persons	2.7 persons
Median Household Income	$105,471	$57,061
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	7.1 rooms	5.6 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	25 years old	46 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	87% / 13%	62% / 38%