Quarter Mile Lane School

Set in BRIDGETON, New Jersey, Quarter Mile Lane School is a well-populated elementary-level community, part of Bridgeton City School District. It hosts 693 students across grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 71% above typical.

Within Bridgeton City School District, which oversees 8 schools and 5,764 students, Quarter Mile Lane School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Quarter Mile Lane School records that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 19% Black, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Quarter Mile Lane School records 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Quarter Mile Lane School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.5%, the actual is 8.8%, a residual of -6.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Cumberland County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,436, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Quarter Mile Lane School is one of 52 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 27,803 students).

The closest other public school is Broad Street School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Quarter Mile Lane School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 10.9%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 733 students in 2018 compared to 693 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 70% to 77%.

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