Bradford Elementary School

Bradford Elementary School is a primary school of mid-sized scale in UPPER MONTCLAIR, New Jersey, one of the schools within Montclair Public School District, teacheing 388 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Montclair Public School District comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 6,193 students; Bradford Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Bradford Elementary School records that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 17% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Essex County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Bradford Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.6%, the actual is 67.5%, a residual of +5.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Essex County) logs that median household earnings sit near $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Bradford Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Northeast Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bradford Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bradford Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 54.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bradford Elementary School has decreased 10%, going from 430 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 61% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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