Bradford Woods El Sch

Bradford Woods El Sch is a K-5 school of cozy scale in Bradford Woods, Pennsylvania, part of North Allegheny SD, hosting 343 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 443.

Bradford Woods El Sch is one of 11 schools operated by North Allegheny SD, a district that teaches 8,552 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Bradford Woods El Sch reports that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Allegheny County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Bradford Woods El Sch reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bradford Woods El Sch sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 74.0%; actual is 91.0%, +17.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Bradford Woods El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Marshall El Sch, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bradford Woods El Sch comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 81.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bradford Woods El Sch has shrank 31%, going from 499 students in 2018 to 343 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share declined from 21% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.