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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340228005170

Crim Primary School

1300 Crim Road, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 · (908) 231-1022 · Somerset County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of New Jersey public elementary schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-Beats 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

Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 405
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
42 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten4912%
Grade 19825%
Grade 28221%
Grade 37820%
Grade 48922%

This year's kindergarten class (49) is 45% smaller than its 4th grade class (89).

Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
23559%
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 37% · US 43%
Hispanic
4912%
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 35% · US 30%
Black
62%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
7619%
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
287%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 3% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
21655%
Female
18045%

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Test scores

NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
English Language Arts
70.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
74.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.9pp since 2023

What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.

NJSLA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2570.5%74.7%
2023-2462.9%70.8%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Crim Primary School

Crim Primary School's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Crim Primary School this school39610.6%69.5%
Joyce Kilmer School
MAHWAH
39412.2%61.2%
Radburn Elementary School
FAIR LAWN
44511.5%86.5%
John F. Kennedy Elementary School
WAYNE
38714.2%64.4%
Sandshore Rd. Elementary School
BUDD LAKE
40910.5%57.2%
Albert Payson Terhune Elementary
WAYNE
34710.4%67.8%
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 Crim Primary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New JerseyIn Somerset County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
69.5%#161 of 1,290#16 of 42
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
74.7%#166 of 1,319
▲ 32
#12 of 42
▲ 4
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
70.5%#252 of 1,319
▲ 137
#10 of 42
▲ 12
Enrollment
ranked largest first
396#714 of 1,562#27 of 46
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.1:1#362 of 1,390#29 of 45
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
59.0%#533 of 1,392#29 of 45
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
10.6%#1,235 of 1,481#32 of 45
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+3.4%#431 of 545#9 of 13
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 2024-25
Enrollment
396
+54 (+16%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 9.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2539639.310.1:111% (42)
2023-2438139.39.7:17% (27)
2022-2339138.310.2:16% (23)
2020-21342389.0:16% (22)
2017-18383409.6:13% (11)
2015-16326339.9:14% (12)
2010-114213113.6:14% (15)
2000-014382716.2:11% (5)
1990-913742515.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crim Primary School.

Since 2017-18: students up 3% (383 to 396); teachers down 2% (40 to 39.3).

About Crim Primary School

At 1300 Crim Road in Bridgewater, New Jersey, Crim Primary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 4 and enrolls 396 students.

Crim Primary School reports to Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, which has 11 schools and 7,774 students.

More than half of enrollment at Crim Primary School is White: 59%. Next come 19% Asian, 12% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Crim Primary School scores 59%.

Classroom staffing at Crim Primary School totals 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.1:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey, 11.4:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Crim Primary School is about 11%. The average for public schools in Somerset County is 28%.

Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Crim Primary School outscored 85%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.4% for Crim Primary School. The school posts 69.5%, 9.2 points above the prediction.

In the wider Somerset County area, median household income comes to about $140,374, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Somerset County counts 84 public schools with about 51,276 students.

Somerset County Vocational Technical High School is the nearest public school to Crim Primary School, about 1.9 miles away. Crim Primary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Crim Primary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.

Crim Primary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment was 396 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 342. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 9.0:1 to 10.1:1.

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Somerset County at a glance

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Population
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students

Quick facts

School name
Crim Primary School
District
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
Address
1300 Crim Road, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Phone
(908) 231-1022
County
Somerset County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–04
Total enrollment
396
Teachers (FTE)
39
Student–teacher ratio
10.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
42 (11%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
340228005170
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Crim Primary School
What is the total enrollment at Crim Primary School?
Crim Primary School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Crim Primary School serve?
Crim Primary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Crim Primary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Crim Primary School is approximately 10.1:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Crim Primary School?
Crim Primary School reports a student body of 59% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 19% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Crim Primary School public or private?
Crim Primary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District.
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