Cherry Street School

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in BRIDGETON, New Jersey, Cherry Street School hosts 522 students from grades K through 8, overseen by Bridgeton City School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 29% above typical.

Within Bridgeton City School District, which oversees 8 schools and 5,764 students, Cherry Street School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Cherry Street School reports that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 35% Black, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the resource side, On paper, Cherry Street School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 97% of students at Cherry Street School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Cumberland County's rate of about 67%.

With demographic context factored in, Cherry Street School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 13.2%; this one delivers 6.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Cumberland County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,436 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Cumberland County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,803 students), of which Cherry Street School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Geraldyn O Foster Early Childhood Center, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cherry Street School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cherry Street School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 11.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cherry Street School has fell 10%, going from 580 students in 2018 to 522 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 47% to 35% over that span.

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