Other / mixed grade configuration · Glendora, CA

Bridges Community Day

Federal NCES profile for Bridges Community Day, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 75/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 060819005856
0/100100/10075/100
👥 S:T ratio
96
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
99
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Bridges Community Day earns 75/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of California schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in California.

#1 of 14
public schools in Glendora · Resource Index
75
Resource Index · Higher
1:1
small classes for California
1
students enrolled

Bridges Community Day has class sizes smaller than 99% of California schools. Computed live against every California school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Bridges Community Day ranks #1 of 14 public schools in Glendora, CA.

School address

Enrollment

1

California · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

1.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

1:1

vs 21.5:1 California avg

-95% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Bridges Community Day compares with California and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Bridges Community Day

Bridges Community Day is a small combined-grade school in Glendora, California, enrolling 1 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 1:1, Bridges Community Day is leaner than roughly 99% of California schools and 95% under the state's 21.5:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of California schools, with 1 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 100% of the 9,998 California schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Its student body is predominantly Hispanic or Latino (100% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 0/100).

Counselor coverage is strong, about 3 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Its district draws 16.3% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Among Glendora's public schools, it stands alongside Oak Knoll Alternative (107 students): Bridges Community Day is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs leaner classes (1:1 vs 21.4:1).

Charter Oak Unified also operates Charter Oak High (1,259 students) and Royal Oak Middle (610 students) alongside Bridges Community Day.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Bridges Community Day compares

Bridges Community Day on the metrics families compare, against California and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs California California avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 1:1 ▼ 95% 21.5:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 1 top 100% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

1:1
Leaner classes than 100% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
1
Bigger than 0% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
1:1
students per teacher - 95% below state mean
Top 1% in California - lower ratio than 100% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$15,505
per pupil, district-wide - below California avg of $16,509
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.3 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

Hispanic or Latino 100.0%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 100.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 0.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 0.0, Bridges Community Day is less mixed than the California school average of 46.0.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Charter Oak Unified, which includes Bridges Community Day.

$15,505
Per student
-6%
vs California
Avg $16,509
-7%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 28.2%
State 55.5%
Federal 16.3%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Bridges Community Day Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Charter Oak High Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Royal Oak Middle Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Cedargrove Elementary Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Badillo Elementary Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Glen Oak Elementary Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Bridges Community Day's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Charter Oak Unified · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools in Glendora

1 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of California, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Bridges Community Day's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Bridges Community Day

How many students attend Bridges Community Day?

Bridges Community Day has 1 student enrolled. It is an alternative school in Glendora, CA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Bridges Community Day?

The student-teacher ratio at Bridges Community Day is 1:1, which is 95% lower than the California average of 21.5:1 and 94% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Bridges Community Day?

The largest demographic group at Bridges Community Day is Hispanic or Latino at 100.0% of enrollment, in Glendora, CA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Bridges Community Day?

Bridges Community Day has a Resource Investment Index of 75/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Bridges Community Day rank among public schools in Glendora?

By Resource Investment Index, Bridges Community Day ranks #1 of 14 public schools in Glendora, CA. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all public schools in Glendora on the city page.

Is Bridges Community Day a good school?

Bridges Community Day earns 75/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of California schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in California. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Charter Oak Unified?

Besides Bridges Community Day, Charter Oak Unified also operates Charter Oak High (1,259 students), Royal Oak Middle (610 students), and Cedargrove Elementary (569 students). See the Charter Oak Unified district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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