Bridgeport El Sch

Bridgeport El Sch is an elementary school of tight-knit scale in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Upper Merion Area SD, instructing 254 students in grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 43% smaller than typical.

Within Upper Merion Area SD, which oversees 7 schools and 4,345 students, Bridgeport El Sch is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Bridgeport El Sch shows that 36% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 32% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 13% Black. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Bridgeport El Sch has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, Bridgeport El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.6%, the actual is 48.7%, a residual of +12.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household income runs about $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), of which Bridgeport El Sch is one.

Davenport El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bridgeport El Sch at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 36%: 396 students in 2018 compared to 254 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 47% to 36%. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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