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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the West Avenue School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 589 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRIDGETON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340225001804
West Avenue School
51 NORTH WEST AVENUE, BRIDGETON, NJ 08302 · (856) 455-8030 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.4:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
492 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 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 18% smaller than its 8th grade class (67).
Student demographics
48%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
West Avenue 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
14.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
7.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.0% | 7.9% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 13.3% |
% 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
11.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 West Avenue School
West Avenue School's state test result (11.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Avenue School this school | 528 | 93.2% | 11.5% |
| George Washington Academy School No. 1 ELIZABETH | 595 | 87.6% | 23.8% |
| John Marshal School No. 20 ELIZABETH | 452 | 87.6% | 22.4% |
| iPrep Academy School No 8 Elizabeth | 397 | 90.2% | 29.5% |
| Buckshutem Road School BRIDGETON | 653 | 92.0% | 7.5% |
| Patton J. Hill Elementary School TRENTON | 555 | 87.2% | 5.2% |
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 West Avenue School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #1,237 of 1,290 | #27 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.9% | #1,281 of 1,319 ▼ 75 | #29 of 32 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #1,278 of 1,319 ▼ 57 | #26 of 32 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #340 of 1,562 | #9 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #215 of 1,390 | #4 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #875 of 1,392 | #24 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #30 of 1,481 | #3 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.0% | #70 of 798 | #2 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
528
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
+322% since 1990-91, when it was 125
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 528 | 56 | 9.4:1 | 93% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 58.5 | 10.6:1 | 69% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 57.5 | 11.2:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 57 | 9.7:1 | 78% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 723 | 57.5 | 12.6:1 | 68% (490) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 63 | 10.3:1 | 13% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 53 | 14.4:1 | 92% (699) |
| 2000-01 | 477 | 47 | 10.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 125 | 7 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Avenue School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (723 to 528); teachers down 3% (57.5 to 56).
About West Avenue School
West Avenue School is a medium-sized elementary school in BRIDGETON, New Jersey, administered by Bridgeton City School District. The grade span is kindergarten through 8, and enrollment is 528 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405, so this school runs 30% bigger than that.
West Avenue School falls under Bridgeton City School District, which has 8 schools enrolling 5,764 students.
A majority of students at West Avenue School, 67%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 27% Black and 4% White. Among all residents of Cumberland County, the Hispanic share is about 36%. By the diversity index, West Avenue School comes in at 48%.
At West Avenue School, 56 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 9.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Roughly 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 26 points above the 67% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
allk12 grades West Avenue School a D. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
West Avenue School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 11.5%, compared with a predicted 15.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Cumberland County, median household income is about $67,436, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. West Avenue School is among the 52 public schools in Cumberland County.
Broad Street School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, West Avenue School is behind the 12.5% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 552 in 2020-21 and 528 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease.
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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
- Indian Ave SchoolElementary · 627 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
- Indian Ave SchoolElementary · 627 students
Nearby schools
- Broad Street School0.2 mi · 784
- Bridgeton High School0.3 mi · 1,641
- Quarter Mile Lane School1.0 mi · 693
- Indian Ave School1.5 mi · 627
- Hopewell Crest1.7 mi · 524
- Cherry Street School1.7 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About West Avenue SchoolHow large is West Avenue School?
West Avenue School enrolls approximately 528 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does West Avenue School serve?
West Avenue School serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does West Avenue School have?
West Avenue School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at West Avenue School?
Student demographics at West Avenue School are roughly 4% White, 67% Hispanic, 27% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees West Avenue School?
West Avenue 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.