Bloomingdale Avenue School

Bloomingdale Avenue School is a primary school of modestly sized scale in CRANFORD, New Jersey, run under Cranford Public School District, teacheing 226 students in grades K through 2. That puts it 44% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Cranford Public School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,773 students; Bloomingdale Avenue School is among them.

On demographics, Bloomingdale Avenue School reports that White students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder is composed of 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 1% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Union County's rate of about 52%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Union County put median household income runs about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Bloomingdale Avenue School is one campus in the mix.

Orange Avenue School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bloomingdale Avenue School has edged down 10%, going from 251 students in 2018 to 226 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 86% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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