Charles H. Bullock School

Charles H. Bullock School is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in MONTCLAIR, New Jersey, overseen by Montclair Public School District, instructing 438 students in grades K through 5.

Montclair Public School District runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 6,193 students. Charles H. Bullock School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Charles H. Bullock School lists that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 17% Black, 13% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 5% Asian. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 30% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Charles H. Bullock School lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 13% 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 noticeably below Essex County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Charles H. Bullock School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.3%; this one delivers 64.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Essex County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Essex County's 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), Charles H. Bullock School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Glenfield Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles H. Bullock School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Charles H. Bullock School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 62.5%.

Charles H. Bullock School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Charles H. Bullock School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 438). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 25% to 17%.

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