BRIDGEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in BRIDGEPORT, Nebraska, BRIDGEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized K-5 school, run under BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It educates 272 students across grades pre-K through 6.

BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 525 students. BRIDGEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, BRIDGEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder comes out to 22% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average.

In the broader community, census data for Morrill County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,500 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. BRIDGEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 5 public schools in Morrill County (combined enrollment of about 863 students).

Nearest neighbor: BRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BRIDGEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRIDGEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked up 8%, going from 252 students in 2018 to 272 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 79% to 74% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.