Bridgeton Public Charter School

Bridgeton Public Charter School is one of the rural-scale K-5 schools in Bridgeton, New Jersey, overseen by Bridgeton Public Charter School, with 106 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 74% smaller than the state mean of about 405.

Bridgeton Public Charter School sits inside Bridgeton Public Charter School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bridgeton Public Charter School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 18% Black, 6% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Bridgeton Public Charter School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 3% 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 below Cumberland County's rate of about 67%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bridgeton Public Charter School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 64.6%; Bridgeton Public Charter School posts 19.5%, -45.1 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cumberland County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $67,436 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Cumberland County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,803 students), Bridgeton Public Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Buckshutem Road School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bridgeton Public Charter School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 9.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area. As a public charter, Bridgeton Public Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bridgeton Public Charter School's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 113 (now 106). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 44% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 8.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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