Northside El Sch

Set in Brookville, Pennsylvania, Northside El Sch is a rural-scale elementary campus, part of Brookville Area SD. It works with 101 students across grade K. Enrollment runs roughly 77% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Brookville Area SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,282 students. Northside El Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Northside El Sch logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Jefferson County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Northside El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Jefferson County's rate of about 76%.

In the broader community, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,686 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Jefferson County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,873 students), of which Northside El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Brookville JSHS, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Northside El Sch.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Northside El Sch's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 121 (now 101). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.