Pisgah Forest Elementary

Pisgah Forest Elementary is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Brevard, North Carolina, one of the schools within Transylvania County Schools, works with 431 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in Transylvania County Schools (3,205 students total), Pisgah Forest Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Pisgah Forest Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Transylvania County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Pisgah Forest Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Transylvania County put median household income runs about $66,184, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Transylvania County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,640 students), Pisgah Forest Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Davidson River School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pisgah Forest Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.8%.

Pisgah Forest Elementary operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 510 students in 2018 compared to 431 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 20% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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