Bradley Gardens Primary School

Bradley Gardens Primary School is one of the close-knit K-5 schools in Bridgewater, New Jersey, run under Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, with 279 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 31% smaller than typical.

Bradley Gardens Primary School is one of 11 schools operated by Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, a district that educates 7,774 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bradley Gardens Primary School reports that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 28% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Bradley Gardens Primary School lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Somerset County's rate of about 28%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bradley Gardens Primary School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 58.7%; Bradley Gardens Primary School posts 75.0%, +16.2 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Somerset County reports that the typical household earns roughly $140,374 per year, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Somerset County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), Bradley Gardens Primary School is one campus in the mix.

John F. Kennedy Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bradley Gardens Primary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bradley Gardens Primary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Bradley Gardens Primary School's enrollment has ticked down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 294 (now 279). White enrollment moved from 51% to 44% across the same window.

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