NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL

NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL is an elementary campus of cozy scale in NORTH BELLMORE, New York, one of the schools within NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 336 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL sits 24% smaller than that benchmark.

NORTH BELLMORE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,128 students. NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 27% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.3%; this one delivers 66.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Nassau County put median household income runs about $146,202, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 68.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 369 (now 336). White enrollment moved from 71% to 56% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.