Crim Primary School

Set in Bridgewater, New Jersey, Crim Primary School is a mid-tier elementary campus, part of Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District. It serves 396 students across grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 11 schools in Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District (7,774 students total), Crim Primary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Crim Primary School lists that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 19% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 11% of students at Crim Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Somerset County's rate of about 28%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Crim Primary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.4%, the actual is 69.5%, a residual of +9.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Somerset County) logs that median household earnings sit near $140,374, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Somerset County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), Crim Primary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Somerset County Vocational Technical High School, roughly 1.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Crim Primary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crim Primary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 3%: 383 students in 2018 compared to 396 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 5% to 12% over that span.

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