Indian Ave School

Indian Ave School is one of the roomy K-5 schools in BRIDGETON, New Jersey, overseen by Bridgeton City School District, with 627 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 55% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Bridgeton City School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,764 students. Indian Ave School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Indian Ave School shows that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 11% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Cumberland County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Indian Ave School has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at Indian Ave School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cumberland County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Indian Ave School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 15.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cumberland County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $67,436 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Indian Ave School is one of 52 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 27,803 students).

The closest other public school is Geraldyn O Foster Early Childhood Center, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Indian Ave School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 10.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 645 students in 2018 compared to 627 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.