Enrollment
224
Elementary
DISTRICT 183 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON COUNTY·NCES 010183000654
Bridgeport Elementary School
1014 Jacobs Ave, Bridgeport, AL 35740 · (256) 495-3147 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
117 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 18% larger than its 4th grade class (38).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
66.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
40.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bridgeport Elementary School
Bridgeport Elementary School's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport Elementary School this school | 224 | 52.2% | 45.1% |
| PollardMcCall Junior High School Brewton | 200 | 53.5% | 51.6% |
| Highland Elementary School Gadsden | 216 | 53.7% | 42.6% |
| Wilsonville Elementary School Wilsonville | 229 | 55.5% | 59.9% |
| Delta Elementary School Bay Minette | 228 | 47.8% | 47.5% |
| Fruithurst Elementary School Fruithurst | 226 | 52.7% | 63.6% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bridgeport Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #365 of 626 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #304 of 626 | #4 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #281 of 626 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 224 | #637 of 709 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #633 of 655 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.7% | #445 of 658 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #454 of 696 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #281 of 364 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
224
+22 (+11%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 274
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 20.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 224 | 10.5 | 21.3:1 | 52% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 182 | 8 | 22.8:1 | 69% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 174 | 10.5 | 16.6:1 | 70% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 202 | 10 | 20.2:1 | 70% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 236 | 13.5 | 17.5:1 | 70% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 200 | 13 | 15.4:1 | 77% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 233 | 17 | 13.7:1 | 67% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 21 | 13.5:1 | 58% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 274 | 12 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bridgeport Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (236 to 224); teachers down 22% (13.5 to 10.5).
About Bridgeport Elementary School
Bridgeport Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in Bridgeport, Alabama. In all, 224 students attend the school in pre-K through 4. The school is 53% below the average for elementary schools in Alabama.
Bridgeport Elementary School is run by Jackson County, whose 16 schools enroll 5,159 students.
More than half of enrollment at Bridgeport Elementary School is White: 79%. Other groups include 13% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Native American. The county population is about 88% White. The diversity index for Bridgeport Elementary School is 36%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Bridgeport Elementary School totals 10.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Alabama is 17.0:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Bridgeport Elementary School is about 52%. That is in line with the 51% average for public schools in Jackson County.
Bridgeport Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 32% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Test results at Bridgeport Elementary School are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (45.1% actual, 46.0% predicted).
In Jackson County, the median household earns about $51,908 a year, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Jackson County has 23 public schools with about 7,616 students, including Bridgeport Elementary School.
Bridgeport Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Bridgeport Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Bridgeport Elementary School ranks 5th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 45.1% against a local average of 43.7%.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 22 students, from 202 to 224. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 21.3:1, from 20.2:1.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,053
Census ACS
Median income
$51,908
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,616 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson County
- North Sand Mountain SchoolCombined · 694 students
- Pisgah High SchoolCombined · 598 students
- Skyline High SchoolCombined · 586 students
- Woodville High SchoolCombined · 504 students
- Section High SchoolCombined · 503 students
- North Jackson High SchoolHigh · 432 students
Other Bridgeport Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 12 states are named Bridgeport Elementary. Bridgeport Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 13.
- Bridgeport ElementaryValencia, CA · 866 students
- Bridgeport Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 692 students
- Bridgeport Elementary SchoolHamilton, OH · 575 students
- Bridgeport Elementary SchoolTualatin, OR · 531 students
- Bridgeport Elementary SchoolBRIDGEPORT, TX · 523 students
Nearby schools
- Bridgeport Middle School0.4 mi · 144
- Richard Hardy Memorial School3.8 mi · 183
- South Pittsburg High School4.6 mi · 416
- North Jackson High School4.8 mi · 432
- South Pittsburg Elementary5.0 mi · 515
- Bryant School5.3 mi · 103
Frequently asked questions
About Bridgeport Elementary SchoolHow large is Bridgeport Elementary School?
Bridgeport Elementary School enrolls approximately 224 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Bridgeport Elementary School serve?
Bridgeport Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Bridgeport Elementary School?
Approximately 21.3:1 students per teacher at Bridgeport Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bridgeport Elementary School?
At Bridgeport Elementary School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 3% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Bridgeport Elementary School in?
Bridgeport Elementary School is part of Jackson County.
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