Cumberland Regional High School

Cumberland Regional High School is a secondary school of mid-sized scale in BRIDGETON, New Jersey, run under Cumberland Regional School District, hosting 1,161 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 25% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Operationally, Cumberland Regional High School answers to Cumberland Regional School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Cumberland Regional High School records that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cumberland Regional High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 45.9%; actual is 14.3%, a gap of -31.7 points.

In the surrounding 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 the poverty rate sits near 12%. Cumberland Regional High School is one of 52 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 27,803 students).

Elizabeth F. Moore School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cumberland Regional High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cumberland Regional High School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 16.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cumberland Regional High School has ticked up 3%, going from 1,127 students in 2018 to 1,161 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 23% to 35%.

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