student recruitment
Our mission challenges us to recruit students who experience great barriers to learning, yet possess great potential.
We conduct outreach in:
Homeless shelters
Day care centers
Medical clinics
Family stabilization teams
The Department of Children and Families
Housing developments
Libraries
Local Businesses + Organizations
Student demographics
Our school is uniquely designed to serve the needs of at-risk children, all of whom possess great cultural capital and resilience.
Among our student population
98% are children of color
69% receive free or reduced lunch through the Community Eligibility Program
25.4% are English Language Learners
21% receive Special Education services
20% have received support from the Department of Children and Families
4% homeless or in foster care
Student Languages
At Bridge, 46.7% of our students’ first language is not English. Our diverse student body means there is a wide range of languages spoken at our school in addition to English:
