Bridgeton High School

Set in BRIDGETON, New Jersey, Bridgeton High School is a sprawling four-year high school, overseen by Bridgeton City School District. It instructs 1,641 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Bridgeton High School sits 77% bigger than that benchmark.

Bridgeton City School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,764 students. Bridgeton High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Bridgeton High School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Black, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Bridgeton High School has 109 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at Bridgeton High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Cumberland County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, Bridgeton High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 6.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,436, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cumberland County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,803 students), of which Bridgeton High School is one.

The closest other public school is West Avenue School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bridgeton High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 13.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Bridgeton High School's enrollment has edged up 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,374 (now 1,641). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 68% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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