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
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:
