New Bedford Academy

New Bedford Academy is an one-room-style K-5 school in LAMBERTVILLE, Michigan, run under New Bedford Academy. The school educates 63 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 83% smaller than typical.

New Bedford Academy sits inside New Bedford Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, New Bedford Academy logs that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, Monroe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,335 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New Bedford Academy is one of 52 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 20,286 students).

Meadowvale Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around New Bedford Academy.

New Bedford Academy operates from an outer-ring location. New Bedford Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 39%: 103 students in 2018 compared to 63 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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