Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH ALLEGHENY SD·NCES 421701000263
Bradford Woods Elementary School
41 Forest Road, Bradford Woods, PA 15015 · (724) 935-5081 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
29 students
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 75%
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 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 59% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
89.1%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
90.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.1% | 90.2% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 90.8% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
91.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 74% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bradford Woods Elementary School
Bradford Woods Elementary School's state test result (91.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Woods Elementary School this school | 343 | 8.5% | 91.0% |
| Hillendale Elementary School Chadds Ford | 346 | 10.4% | 86.8% |
| Foster Elementary School Pittsburgh | 304 | 12.2% | 81.5% |
| Peebles Elementary School Pittsburgh | 400 | 12.0% | 81.4% |
| Belmont Hills Elementary School Bala Cynwyd | 358 | 15.4% | 85.2% |
| Ingomar Elementary School Pittsburgh | 344 | 8.7% | 83.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bradford Woods Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #10 of 1,396 | #8 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.2% | #14 of 1,511 ▼ 5 | #9 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.1% | #9 of 1,511 ▲ 11 | #5 of 141 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #1,092 of 1,638 | #85 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #631 of 1,528 | #54 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #761 of 1,531 | #77 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.5% | #1,578 of 1,600 | #146 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #100 of 1,045 | #5 of 73 |
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
343
-145 (-30%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 514
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 343 | 27.2 | 12.6:1 | 8% (29) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 9% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 27.2 | 13.1:1 | 8% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 21 | 22.1:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 514 | 25 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bradford Woods Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (499 to 343); teachers down 9% (30 to 27.2).
About Bradford Woods Elementary School
Families in Bradford Woods, Pennsylvania, are served by Bradford Woods Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment totals 343 students across kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 23% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
North Allegheny SD runs 11 schools with a combined 8,552 students. Bradford Woods Elementary School is one of them.
White students are 76% of those enrolled at Bradford Woods Elementary School. The next largest groups are 12% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That is in line with Allegheny County, where about 76% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.6 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Bradford Woods Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 8%. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County is 46 points.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Bradford Woods Elementary School outscored 98%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
In Pennsylvania, Bradford Woods Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 91.0% compared with a predicted 74.0%.
Allegheny County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $78,548 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Allegheny County number 277, with about 141,392 students.
Marshall Elementary School sits about 1.1 miles from Bradford Woods Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 91.0% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
Bradford Woods Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 343 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 488. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.7:1 in 2020-21 to 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Bradford Woods Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Allegheny SD
- North Allegheny High SchoolHigh · 2,711 students
- McKnight Elementary SchoolElementary · 875 students
- Marshall Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Carson Middle SchoolMiddle · 652 students
Nearby schools
- Marshall Elementary School1.1 mi · 800
- Marshall Middle School1.3 mi · 847
- Wexford Elementary School1.6 mi · 449
- Pennsylvania Distance Learning CS2.1 mi · 1,246
- North Allegheny High School2.3 mi · 2,711
- Franklin Elementary School3.4 mi · 718
Frequently asked questions
About Bradford Woods Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bradford Woods Elementary School?
Bradford Woods Elementary School enrolls approximately 343 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Bradford Woods Elementary School serve?
Bradford Woods Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bradford Woods Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Bradford Woods Elementary School.
How diverse is Bradford Woods Elementary School?
Bradford Woods Elementary School reports a student body of 76% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Bradford Woods Elementary School?
Bradford Woods Elementary School is overseen by North Allegheny SD in Allegheny County.
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