Indian Ave School, Bridgeton NJ - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Indian Ave School

Indian Avenue School is a regular public school in Bridgeton, a small industrial city that is the county seat of Cumberland County and one of the principal cities in the Vineland-Bridgeton metro area. The school serves kindergarten through eighth grade, and it is a neighborhood school within the Bridgeton City School District. A parent reading this profile should understand the school’s academic results, its student body, and the community it sits in.

The student population is predominantly Hispanic, with a much smaller share of Black students and a very small number of White students and students of two or more races. The state does not provide data on the share of students with disabilities or English learners enrolled here, so that picture is incomplete. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in a high-poverty context. The enrollment is large enough to support a full grade-level cohort in each grade from kindergarten through eighth, with class sizes that are moderate for a city school.

On the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments, the school’s results are low. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above in any given grade was well below the statewide median. The pattern across grades three through eight showed a small fraction of students meeting the bar, with the middle school grades particularly weak. In English language arts, the picture was similarly low across most grades, though the eighth-grade cohort performed noticeably better than the school’s other grades, with a higher share of students reaching proficiency. In science, results were sharply low in both the fifth and eighth grade tests; the eighth-grade science proficiency rate was the lowest of any tested group. Overall, when compared against other districts in Cumberland County using a composite proficiency index, Indian Avenue School sits in the bottom quartile among the districts with available data. A parent moving into the area will want to investigate what academic supports and interventions the school offers and how the district is working to raise student achievement.

The school serves grades kindergarten through eight, so there is no graduation rate to report, nor are there advanced placement or dual-enrollment course offerings available here. The grade band means students move on to Bridgeton High School for ninth grade. The data available does not include information on chronic absenteeism, discipline rates, or staffing ratios, so a parent looking for that context would need to ask the school directly.

Bridgeton itself has a strong industrial and agricultural heritage. It is home to a major glass production facility and the largest state prison in New Jersey, and it serves as a commercial center for a high-agricultural-production region. The downtown has a historic district that is the largest of any municipality in New Jersey, and the city has positioned itself around a Culinary Arts district and a makerspace run in partnership with the county college. Housing values in the area are lower than the state average, and the national price-to-income ratio suggests that homeownership here is more attainable relative to the broader New Jersey market, though the city’s median household income is below the national figure. The population grew steadily over recent decades before a slight dip in the early 2020s, and the city has an Urban Enterprise Zone that offers a reduced sales tax at eligible merchants.

No recent parent-relevant changes to the Bridgeton City School District were found in publicly available sources. A parent considering Indian Avenue School should know that the academic results are weak across most subjects and grades, and that the school serves a high-poverty student population in a small industrial city with modest housing costs. For families who already live in the attendance zone, this is the local elementary and middle school option; for those choosing where to move, the district’s low academic performance on state assessments is a primary concern to weigh.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 20% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 412%

School 12% · District 9% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 510%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 614%

School 14% · District 11% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 20 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 76%

School 6% · District 8% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 88%

School 8% · District 4% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 318%

School 18% · District 12% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 28 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 419%

School 19% · District 14% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 9% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 626%

School 26% · District 20% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 719%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 38 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 20% · ▲ 26 pts above district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Science

Grade 58%

School 8% · District 5% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 81%

School 1% · District 2%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

This schoolBridgeton City School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.