New Brunswick Public Schools is a vibrant, diverse school district located in one of New Jersey's most historic communities – a thriving college town that has been home to Rutgers University for nearly 250 years. New Brunswick's population is 55,000, and its school district enrolls more than 10,200 students from preschool through grade 12. Reflecting the multicultural nature of the community, approximately two-thirds of the students speak one of 41 languages other than English at home. Demographically, 88 percent of them are Hispanic; another 10 percent are African-American.