Goodnoe El Sch

Goodnoe El Sch is a well-populated elementary campus in Newtown, Pennsylvania, operated by Council Rock SD. The school caters to 668 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Goodnoe El Sch sits 51% above that benchmark.

Across the 14 schools in Council Rock SD (10,391 students total), Goodnoe El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Goodnoe El Sch records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at school resources, Goodnoe El Sch lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 16% of students at Goodnoe El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Bucks County's rate of about 40%.

With demographic context factored in, Goodnoe El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.9%; this one delivers 84.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bucks County) reports that median household earnings sit near $114,764, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Bucks County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students), of which Goodnoe El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Council Rock HS North, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Goodnoe El Sch comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 70.7%.

Goodnoe El Sch operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Goodnoe El Sch's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 793 (now 668). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 79% to 72%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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