Bridgeport Grade School

Located at 1300 N Main St, in Bridgeport, Illinois, Bridgeport Grade School is a small primary school that serves 314 students (grades pre-K through 3), part of Red Hill CUSD 10.

Red Hill CUSD 10 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 903 students; Bridgeport Grade School is among them.

On demographics, Bridgeport Grade School shows that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest reads as 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Bridgeport Grade School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bridgeport Grade School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Lawrence County shows the typical household earns roughly $55,324 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Bridgeport Grade School is one of 6 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 1,964 students).

The closest other public school is Red Hill Jr/Sr High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bridgeport Grade School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bridgeport Grade School has fell 10%, going from 350 students in 2018 to 314 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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