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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Buckshutem Road School this year?
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Enrollment
653
Elementary
DISTRICT 589 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRIDGETON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340225001788
Buckshutem Road School
550 BUCKSHUTEM ROAD, BRIDGETON, NJ 08302 · (856) 455-8030 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
601 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 15% larger than its 8th grade class (61).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Buckshutem Road School→Bridgeton High School
Based on grade levels within Bridgeton City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
10.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
7.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.0% | 7.4% |
| 2023-24 | 8.9% | 7.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
7.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 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 Buckshutem Road School
Buckshutem Road School's state test result (7.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckshutem Road School this school | 653 | 92.0% | 7.5% |
| Quarter Mile Lane School BRIDGETON | 693 | 92.5% | 8.8% |
| Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School NEWARK | 690 | 88.3% | 14.8% |
| Dr. E. Alma Flagg School NEWARK | 570 | 94.2% | 11.8% |
| Patton J. Hill Elementary School TRENTON | 555 | 87.2% | 5.2% |
| Lindenwold School Four LINDENWOLD | 657 | 88.9% | 13.8% |
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 Buckshutem Road School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.5% | #1,277 of 1,290 | #31 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.4% | #1,288 of 1,319 ▼ 5 | #30 of 32 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #1,301 of 1,319 ▼ 2 | #30 of 32 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #159 of 1,562 | #4 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,185 of 1,390 | #30 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #1,074 of 1,392 | #26 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #40 of 1,481 | #6 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #302 of 545 | #6 of 8 |
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
653
-33 (-5%) vs 2020
+180% since 1990-91, when it was 233
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 653 | 48 | 13.6:1 | 92% (601) |
| 2023-24 | 628 | 44.5 | 14.1:1 | 64% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 43 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 686 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 81% (558) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 45 | 13.4:1 | 69% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 38 | 12.5:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 87% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 34 | 11.2:1 | 85% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 233 | 16 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buckshutem Road School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (604 to 653); teachers up 7% (45 to 48).
About Buckshutem Road School
Families in BRIDGETON, New Jersey, are served by Buckshutem Road School, a large elementary school. Total enrollment is 653 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 61% higher.
Bridgeton City School District runs Buckshutem Road School along with 7 other schools, enrolling 5,764 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Buckshutem Road School is Hispanic: 75%. The next largest groups are 21% Black and 2% White. The school's Hispanic share is 40 points above the 36% share among Cumberland County residents. The diversity index for Buckshutem Road School is 39%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Buckshutem Road School has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. The school's 13.6:1 compares with an average of 11.4:1 for elementary schools in New Jersey. The school has 92% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Cumberland County averages 67%, lower than here.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Buckshutem Road School outscored 3%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Buckshutem Road School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 7.5% is 8.3 points below the 15.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Cumberland County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $67,436 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Buckshutem Road School, Cumberland County has 52 public schools.
Geraldyn O Foster Early Childhood Center is the nearest public school to Buckshutem Road School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Buckshutem Road School is behind the 11.3% nearby average, ranking 7th of 8.
For locale, NCES codes Buckshutem Road School as Town: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Buckshutem Road School had a net loss of 33 students, or 5%.
People who know Buckshutem Road School can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,305
Census ACS
Median income
$67,436
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
27,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bridgeton City School District
- Bridgeton High SchoolHigh · 1,641 students
- Broad Street SchoolElementary · 784 students
- Quarter Mile Lane SchoolElementary · 693 students
- Indian Ave SchoolElementary · 627 students
- West Avenue SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Cherry Street SchoolElementary · 522 students
Other schools in BRIDGETON
- Bridgeton High SchoolHigh · 1,641 students
- Cumberland Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Broad Street SchoolElementary · 784 students
- Quarter Mile Lane SchoolElementary · 693 students
- Indian Ave SchoolElementary · 627 students
- West Avenue SchoolElementary · 528 students
Nearby schools
- Geraldyn O Foster Early Childhood Center0.0 mi · 316
- Bridgeton Public Charter School0.4 mi · 106
- Cherry Street School0.4 mi · 522
- Indian Ave School1.2 mi · 627
- Broad Street School1.7 mi · 784
- Fairfield Township School1.7 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About Buckshutem Road SchoolHow many students attend Buckshutem Road School?
Buckshutem Road School enrolls approximately 653 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Buckshutem Road School serve?
Buckshutem Road School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Buckshutem Road School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Buckshutem Road School is approximately 13.6:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Buckshutem Road School?
At Buckshutem Road School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 75% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Buckshutem Road School public or private?
Buckshutem Road School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bridgeton City School District.
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