Bridgeport Elementary

Bridgeport Elementary operates as a rural-scale primary school in Bridgeport, California, operated by Eastern Sierra Unified. Current enrollment sits at 50 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 89% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 6 schools in Eastern Sierra Unified (348 students total), Bridgeport Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Bridgeport Elementary records that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 38% White, 14% Native American, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bridgeport Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.8%; this one delivers 54.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Mono County) records that the typical household earns roughly $99,415 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Mono County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,446 students), of which Bridgeport Elementary is one.

Lee Vining High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 21.1 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Bridgeport Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bridgeport Elementary has contracted 21%, going from 63 students in 2018 to 50 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 38% across the same window.

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