Cumberland Campus

Set in Bridgeton, New Jersey, Cumberland Campus is a tiny multi-level school, operated by Salem County Special Services School District. It caters to 88 students across grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 934 students per school, that is 91% below typical.

Salem County Special Services School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 169 students. Cumberland Campus is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Cumberland Campus logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 28% White, 24% Black, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Cumberland Campus tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at Cumberland Campus qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Cumberland County's rate of about 67%.

Around the school, census data for Cumberland County shows median household income runs about $67,436, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Cumberland Campus is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cherry Street School, around 2.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Cumberland Campus operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Cumberland Campus's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 106 (now 88). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 34% to 24%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.