NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Bridgewater, NJ

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13 public K-12 schools in Bridgewater from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
7,344
Students
57.2/100
Avg Resource Index
8.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Bridgewater has more public-school enrollment than 71% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Bridgewater-Raritan High School enrolls 36.4% of Bridgewater's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Bridgewater's list includes 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 4 high-school campuses, plus 4 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 38-point gap between Somerset County Vocational Technical High School and Adamsville Primary School shows the range hidden by Bridgewater's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 29%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
97th percentile
Teacher staffing
99th percentile

Bridgewater-Raritan High School accounts for 36.4% of all Bridgewater public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Bridgewater-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bridgewater school enrollment varies 382× across entities

Bridgewater school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 2,673 students (highest), a spread of 2,666 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bridgewater student-teacher ratio is 8.9:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Somerset County Vocational Technical High School 81
2. The Career Center of the Scesc 74
3. Eisenhower Intermediate School 63
4. Hillside Intermediate School 63
5. Somerset Secondary Academy 60
6. Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School 57
7. Bridgewater-Raritan High School 54
8. Bradley Gardens Primary School 54
9. Van Holten Primary School 51
10. Crim Primary School 50
11. Milltown Primary School 47
12. Somerset Elementary Academy 47
13. Adamsville Primary School 43

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Bridgewater

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Adamsville Primary School 72.9/100
  2. 2 Eisenhower Intermediate School 72.5/100
  3. 3 Somerset County Vocational Technical High School 72.0/100
  4. 4 Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School 69.9/100
  5. 5 Bridgewater-Raritan High School 69.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Bridgewater?

Which Bridgewater school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Somerset County Vocational Technical High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Bridgewater schools in this federal-data comparison at 81/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Bridgewater, NJ? ▼

Bridgewater has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,344 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 8.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.