Enrollment
279
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340228005168
Bradley Gardens Primary School
148 Pine Street, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 · (908) 725-8444 · Somerset County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
38 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 16% smaller than its 4th grade class (44).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
69.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.3pp since 2023
Math
71.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.3% | 71.4% |
| 2023-24 | 76.6% | 80.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bradley Gardens Primary School
Bradley Gardens Primary School's state test result (75.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Gardens Primary School this school | 279 | 13.6% | 75.0% |
| Memorial Elementary School PARAMUS | 289 | 13.5% | 72.3% |
| Parkway Elementary School PARAMUS | 297 | 15.8% | 73.5% |
| Central School Warren | 312 | 12.2% | 71.3% |
| Woodfern Elementary School Hillsborough | 311 | 14.5% | 72.4% |
| Riverside School PRINCETON | 306 | 12.1% | 80.8% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bradley Gardens Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #86 of 1,290 | #8 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #219 of 1,319 ▼ 163 | #19 of 42 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #277 of 1,319 ▼ 146 | #14 of 42 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #1,194 of 1,562 | #40 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #483 of 1,390 | #32 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #212 of 1,392 | #13 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.6% | #1,172 of 1,481 | #26 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #610 of 798 | #25 of 31 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
279
+16 (+6%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 279 | 26.6 | 10.5:1 | 14% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 27.3 | 9.9:1 | 8% (23) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 25.7 | 9.9:1 | 7% (17) |
| 2020-21 | 263 | 24 | 11.0:1 | 9% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 28.2 | 10.4:1 | 7% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 25 | 11.0:1 | 8% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 326 | 27 | 12.1:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 4% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 328 | 23 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bradley Gardens Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (294 to 279); teachers down 6% (28.2 to 26.6).
About Bradley Gardens Primary School
Bradley Gardens Primary School is a small elementary school in Bridgewater, New Jersey, under Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District. Students in pre-K through 4 attend, and enrollment is 279 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students.
The district, Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, operates 11 schools serving 7,774 students.
Bradley Gardens Primary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 44%. Smaller groups are 28% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Bradley Gardens Primary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Federal data list 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bradley Gardens Primary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.5:1. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. The lunch program counts 14% of students at Bradley Gardens Primary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 28% average among public schools in Somerset County.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Bradley Gardens Primary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Bradley Gardens Primary School is 16.2 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in New Jersey.
Somerset County has about 349,846 residents, and median household income is about $140,374, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 84 public schools in Somerset County, with a combined enrollment of about 51,276.
The nearest public school is John F. Kennedy Primary School, at about 0.9 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Bradley Gardens Primary School is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Bradley Gardens Primary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Bradley Gardens Primary School saw enrollment rise 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
- Bridgewater-Raritan High SchoolHigh · 2,673 students
- Bridgewater-Raritan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,220 students
- Eisenhower Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 625 students
- Hillside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Hamilton Primary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Adamsville Primary SchoolElementary · 461 students
Other schools in Bridgewater
- Bridgewater-Raritan High SchoolHigh · 2,673 students
- Bridgewater-Raritan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,220 students
- Eisenhower Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 625 students
- Hillside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Adamsville Primary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- Crim Primary SchoolElementary · 396 students
Nearby schools
- John F. Kennedy Primary School0.9 mi · 431
- Stony Brook School2.1 mi · 310
- Milltown Primary School2.5 mi · 348
- Bridgewater-Raritan High School2.6 mi · 2,673
- Somerville Middle School2.7 mi · 339
- Branchburg Central Middle School2.7 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Bradley Gardens Primary SchoolHow many students attend Bradley Gardens Primary School?
Bradley Gardens Primary School enrolls approximately 279 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Bradley Gardens Primary School serve?
Bradley Gardens Primary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bradley Gardens Primary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bradley Gardens Primary School is approximately 10.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bradley Gardens Primary School?
Student demographics at Bradley Gardens Primary School are roughly 44% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 28% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Bradley Gardens Primary School public or private?
Bradley Gardens Primary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District.
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