Beardsley School

Beardsley School is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in Bridgeport, Connecticut, operated by Bridgeport School District, serveing 327 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Bridgeport School District comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 19,802 students; Beardsley School is among them.

On demographics, Beardsley School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Beardsley School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,667 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's 91 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,880 students), Beardsley School is one campus in the mix.

Luis Munoz Marin School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 327 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 53% to 65%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.