Schools in Bridgewater Center · Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
Bridgewater Center’s public schools beat 75% of New Jersey districts
The public schools Bridgewater Center’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 75% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
31%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
62%
▲ 15 pts vs NJ 47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
38%
▲ 13 pts vs NJ 25%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
▲ 4 pts vs NJ 91%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$26.9K
▼ 6% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How Bridgewater Center compares
A− Test scoresB Graduation
New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 75%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (188)Better than 31%
High confidence. Built on 4,460 tested students and a graduating class of 712; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New Jersey’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of New Jersey only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Bridgewater Center.
4 schools teach Pre-K in Bridgewater Center’s district. Which one depends on your address: Adamsville Primary School, Crim Primary School, Milltown Primary School and Bradley Gardens Primary School.
7 schools teach K in Bridgewater Center’s district. Which one depends on your address: Hamilton Primary School, Adamsville Primary School, John F. Kennedy Primary School and Crim Primary School and more.
7 schools teach 1st grade in Bridgewater Center’s district. Which one depends on your address: Hamilton Primary School, Adamsville Primary School, John F. Kennedy Primary School and Crim Primary School and more.
7 schools teach 2nd grade in Bridgewater Center’s district. Which one depends on your address: Hamilton Primary School, Adamsville Primary School, John F. Kennedy Primary School and Crim Primary School and more.
7 schools teach 3rd grade in Bridgewater Center’s district. Which one depends on your address: Hamilton Primary School, Adamsville Primary School, John F. Kennedy Primary School and Crim Primary School and more.
7 schools teach 4th grade in Bridgewater Center’s district. Which one depends on your address: Hamilton Primary School, Adamsville Primary School, John F. Kennedy Primary School and Crim Primary School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–47 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
7–8Bridgewater-Raritan Middle Schoolin Bridgewater
9–12Bridgewater-Raritan High Schoolin Bridgewater
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading62%
State average 47.3%
Math38%
State average 25.4%
Bridgewater Center vs. its neighbors
Bridgewater Center’s schools rank 3rd of 5 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New Jersey districts.
Every school in Bridgewater Center
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Also serving Bridgewater Center · in other towns
Hamilton Primary School
A+462 students12:1Rate it →
Adamsville Primary School
B461 students8:1Rate it →
John F. Kennedy Primary School
B−431 students8:1Rate it →
Crim Primary School
A−396 students10:1Rate it →
Milltown Primary School
A348 students11:1Rate it →
Van Holten Primary School
A311 students11:1Rate it →
Bradley Gardens Primary School
A−279 students10:1Rate it →
Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School
A−1,220 students12:1Rate it →
Bridgewater-Raritan High School
B+2,673 students13:1Rate it →
Parents talk
What Bridgewater Center families are saying about school.
Parents weigh in
Live in Bridgewater Center? Is an A− for its schools right?
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Start the conversation
Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Bridgewater Center
There’s no college in Bridgewater Center, but 40 are within 30 miles. The closest is Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg, 1.9 miles away.
Raritan Valley Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Branchburg
1.9 mi5,880 students
Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes BoruchUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · North Plainfield
11.5 mi70 students
American Institute of Medical Sciences & EducationCommunity college · For-profit · Piscataway
11.7 mi397 students
Rutgers University-New BrunswickUniversity or college · Public · New Brunswick
13 mi47,422 students
Chamberlain University-New JerseyUniversity or college · For-profit · North Brunswick
14.6 mi1,225 students
Rabbi Jacob Joseph SchoolUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Edison
15.1 mi96 students
Rabbinical College of AmericaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Morris
16.2 mi206 students
Drew UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Madison
16.3 mi2,160 students
Middlesex CollegeCommunity college · Public · Edison
16.5 mi9,857 students
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Madison
16.6 mi2,671 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Bridgewater Center. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 30 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within New Jersey. Stars are from neighbors.