Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHRISTINA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 100020000231
Brookside Elementary School
800 Marrows Road, Newark, DE 19713 · (302) 454-5454 · New Castle County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
DeSSA + SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.1%
DE avg 41.4% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
30.2%
DE avg 34.0% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the DeSSA + SBAC, Delaware's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Delaware schools, those numbers are about 41 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
DeSSA + SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.1% | 30.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 31.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: DeSSA + SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Brookside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Delaware | In New Castle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #69 of 108 ▼ 2 | #34 of 62 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #55 of 108 ▲ 9 | #30 of 62 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #116 of 127 | #65 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #9 of 119 | #8 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #18 of 120 | #15 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #30 of 78 | #23 of 50 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
260
-28 (-10%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 260 | 26 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 27 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 26 | 9.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 28 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 27 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 21 | 16.5:1 | 60% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 80% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 547 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 51% (278) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 35 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (315 to 260); teachers down 4% (27 to 26).
About Brookside Elementary School
Students in Newark, Delaware, attend Brookside Elementary School, a small elementary school. It enrolled 260 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. For comparison, elementary schools in Delaware average about 461 students.
Brookside Elementary School is one school in Christina School District, a system of 28 schools with 12,954 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Brookside Elementary School, at 37%. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% Black, 19% White, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 12%. Brookside Elementary School's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.0:1, with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.9 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Delaware.
County data help place the school in context: in New Castle County, the median household income is $91,166, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. New Castle County is home to 129 public schools and about 78,534 public school students.
Nearest public school: Gauger-Cobbs Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Brookside Elementary School's enrollment dropped 10%, to 260.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Brookside Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
New Castle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
577,961
Census ACS
Median income
$91,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
78,534 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Christina School District
- Christiana High SchoolHigh · 1,425 students
- Newark High SchoolHigh · 1,039 students
- Glasgow High SchoolHigh · 908 students
- Shue-Medill Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Gauger-Cobbs Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Maurice Pritchett SR. AcademyElementary · 616 students
Other schools in Newark
- Newark Charter SchoolCombined · 3,109 students
- ASPIRA DelawareCombined · 1,471 students
- Christiana High SchoolHigh · 1,425 students
- Hodgson (Paul M.) Vocational Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,104 students
- Newark High SchoolHigh · 1,039 students
- Academia Antonia AlonsoElementary · 910 students
Other Brookside Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Brookside Elementary. Brookside Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 18.
- Brookside ElementaryRAMSEY, MN · 779 students
- Brookside ElementaryBeaumont, CA · 691 students
- Brookside ElementaryOak Park, CA · 556 students
- Brookside Elementary SchoolNicholasville, KY · 515 students
- Brookside ElementaryGastonia, NC · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Gauger-Cobbs Middle School0.8 mi · 681
- Kirk (George V.) Middle School0.9 mi · 612
- Brennen School (The)1.0 mi · 419
- Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School1.0 mi · 413
- Christina Early Education Center1.0 mi · 362
- Newark High School1.1 mi · 1,039
Frequently asked questions
About Brookside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Brookside Elementary School?
Brookside Elementary School enrolls approximately 260 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Brookside Elementary School serve?
Brookside Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brookside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brookside Elementary School is approximately 10.0:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Brookside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Brookside Elementary School are roughly 19% White, 37% Hispanic, 33% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Brookside Elementary School public or private?
Brookside Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Christina School District.
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