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If you had an hour of school board time for Indian Ave School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
627
Elementary
DISTRICT 589 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRIDGETON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340225001794
Indian Ave School
399 INDIAN AVENUE, BRIDGETON, NJ 08302 · (856) 455-8030 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
579 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 35% smaller than its 8th grade class (88).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 71% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Indian Ave School→Bridgeton High School
Based on grade levels within Bridgeton City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
24.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
13.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.7% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 9.6% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Indian Ave School
Indian Ave School's state test result (14.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Ave School this school | 627 | 92.3% | 14.7% |
| Franklin Elementary School NEWARK | 725 | 91.2% | 21.0% |
| Sonia Sotomayor School No 25 ELIZABETH | 591 | 90.5% | 22.2% |
| Spruce Street Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 554 | 92.6% | N/A |
| Lindenwold School Four LINDENWOLD | 657 | 88.9% | 13.8% |
| Washington Community School PLAINFIELD | 557 | 87.6% | 14.4% |
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 Indian Ave School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #1,206 of 1,290 | #22 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #1,230 of 1,319 ▲ 27 | #24 of 32 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #1,178 of 1,319 ▲ 40 | #18 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #187 of 1,562 | #5 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #1,126 of 1,390 | #28 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.7% | #1,272 of 1,392 | #29 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #35 of 1,481 | #5 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #703 of 798 | #20 of 24 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
627
-41 (-6%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 627 | 47.5 | 13.2:1 | 92% (579) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 48 | 12.3:1 | 69% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 47.5 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 668 | 53 | 12.6:1 | 87% (581) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 50 | 12.9:1 | 74% (477) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 58 | 12.6:1 | 10% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 44 | 13.7:1 | 92% (556) |
| 2000-01 | 659 | 52 | 12.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 39 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Ave School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (645 to 627); teachers down 5% (50 to 47.5).
About Indian Ave School
Indian Ave School is a high-enrollment elementary school in BRIDGETON, New Jersey, (ZIP code 08302). Federal data show 627 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 55% larger than average.
Bridgeton City School District has 8 schools and 5,764 students, and Indian Ave School is one of those schools.
The share of students at Indian Ave School who are Hispanic is 86%. Other groups include 11% Black and 2% White. By comparison, Cumberland County residents are about 36% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 25, compared with 70 nationally.
Indian Ave School reports a ratio of 13.2 students per teacher, from 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Indian Ave School, 92% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 67% average for public schools in Cumberland County is 25 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Indian Ave School lands at D, ahead of 13% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Indian Ave School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 14.7%, compared with a predicted 15.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Cumberland County, the median household earns about $67,436 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Indian Ave School, Cumberland County has 52 public schools.
Indian Ave School's closest public school neighbor is Geraldyn O Foster Early Childhood Center, about 1.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Indian Ave School at 2nd of 8.
For locale, NCES codes Indian Ave School as Town: Fringe.
The school's enrollment fell 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,305
Census ACS
Median income
$67,436
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
27,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bridgeton City School District
- Bridgeton High SchoolHigh · 1,641 students
- Broad Street SchoolElementary · 784 students
- Quarter Mile Lane SchoolElementary · 693 students
- Buckshutem Road SchoolElementary · 653 students
- West Avenue SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Cherry Street SchoolElementary · 522 students
Other schools in BRIDGETON
- Bridgeton High SchoolHigh · 1,641 students
- Cumberland Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Broad Street SchoolElementary · 784 students
- Quarter Mile Lane SchoolElementary · 693 students
- Buckshutem Road SchoolElementary · 653 students
- West Avenue SchoolElementary · 528 students
Nearby schools
- Geraldyn O Foster Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 316
- Buckshutem Road School1.2 mi · 653
- Bridgeton Public Charter School1.3 mi · 106
- Bridgeton High School1.4 mi · 1,641
- Cherry Street School1.5 mi · 522
- West Avenue School1.5 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Ave SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Indian Ave School?
Indian Ave School enrolls approximately 627 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Indian Ave School serve?
Indian Ave School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Indian Ave School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Indian Ave School.
How diverse is Indian Ave School?
Indian Ave School reports a student body of 2% White, 86% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Indian Ave School?
Indian Ave School is overseen by Bridgeton City School District in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.