West Avenue School

West Avenue School is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in BRIDGETON, New Jersey, operated by Bridgeton City School District, with 528 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 30% bigger than typical.

West Avenue School is one of 8 schools operated by Bridgeton City School District, a district that hosts 5,764 students overall.

Looking at the student body, West Avenue School lists that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 27% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, West Avenue School shows 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 93% of students at West Avenue School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Cumberland County's rate of about 67%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Avenue School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.2%, the actual is 11.5%, a residual of -3.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Cumberland County shows median household income runs about $67,436, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Cumberland County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,803 students), West Avenue School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Broad Street School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West Avenue School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Avenue School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 12.5%.

West Avenue School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 27%: 723 students in 2018 compared to 528 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

On the community side, members of the West Avenue School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.