NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a well-populated elementary-level community in BRENTWOOD, New York, run under BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 881 students spanning grades 1 through 5. That puts it 99% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 17 schools operated by BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 17,844 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.8%; this one delivers 26.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put median household earnings sit near $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 11%, going from 986 students in 2018 to 881 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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