Public schools in Bridgewater, NJ

Bridgewater has 13 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 3 middle, 6 elementary, enrolling 7,344 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District runs 9 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Bridgewater's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in BridgewaterDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District98,049$25,718
Somerset County Educational Services Commission School Distr3102not reported
Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools1322$63,559

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Bridgewater, 3,082 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Bridgewater-Raritan High School2,67313.012.3%Bridgewater-Raritan Regional
Somerset County Vocational Technical High School3325.716.0%Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools
Somerset Secondary Academy704.632.9%Somerset County Educational Services Commission School Distr
The Career Center of the SCESC71.4not reportedSomerset County Educational Services Commission School Distr

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Bridgewater, 2,413 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School1,22011.512.5%Bridgewater-Raritan Regional
Eisenhower Intermediate School62510.116.8%Bridgewater-Raritan Regional
Hillside Intermediate School56810.411.4%Bridgewater-Raritan Regional

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

6 elementary schools in Bridgewater, 1,849 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Adamsville Primary School4618.421.7%Bridgewater-Raritan Regional
Crim Primary School39610.18.6%Bridgewater-Raritan Regional
Milltown Primary School34811.211.2%Bridgewater-Raritan Regional
Van Holten Primary School31111.27.4%Bridgewater-Raritan Regional
Bradley Gardens Primary School27910.510.8%Bridgewater-Raritan Regional
Somerset Elementary Academy545.031.5%Somerset County Educational Services Commission School Distr

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Bridgewater's public schools compare with New Jersey's

The median Bridgewater school has 10.3 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the New Jersey median of 11.3. 0% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 31% across the state. Its median school enrolls 348 students (state 435).

Bridgewater against New Jersey, schools open in 2024-25 with students
BridgewaterNew Jersey
Median students per teacher10.311.3
Median school size (students)348435
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)0%31%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%8.1%
Charter schools0%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 13 Bridgewater schools and the 2,480 New Jersey schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Bridgewater

  1. Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School DistrictRuns 9 of Bridgewater's 13 public schools and spent $25,718 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$25,718
  2. Bridgewater-Raritan High School, the largest high school in Bridgewater2,673 students in 2024-25, 13.0 per teacher.2,673
  3. Compare Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District with Somerset County Educational Services Commission School DistrBridgewater's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in New JerseyNew Jersey's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Bridgewater addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in New Jersey

  1. Newark78 schools
  2. Jersey City52 schools
  3. Paterson46 schools
  4. Elizabeth38 schools
  5. Trenton34 schools
  6. Hamilton26 schools
  7. Camden22 schools
  8. East Orange21 schools

Questions about schools in Bridgewater

  1. How many public schools are in Bridgewater, NJ?
    13 public schools with an address in Bridgewater were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 3 middle, 6 elementary, enrolling 7,344 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Bridgewater?
    Bridgewater-Raritan High School, with 2,673 students in 2024-25 (Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District).
  3. Which districts run Bridgewater's schools?
    Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District (9 schools), Somerset County Educational Services Commission School Distr (3 schools), Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .