Penn Bernville El Sch

Penn Bernville El Sch, a compact elementary-level community in Bernville, Pennsylvania, overseen by Tulpehocken Area SD, enrolls 302 students, covering grades K through 6. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Penn Bernville El Sch sits 32% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Tulpehocken Area SD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,243 students, Penn Bernville El Sch is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Penn Bernville El Sch lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Penn Bernville El Sch reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Penn Bernville El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Berks County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Penn Bernville El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.0%, the actual is 50.8%, a residual of -9.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Berks County put median household earnings sit near $79,777, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Berks County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students), of which Penn Bernville El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Tulpehocken Area HS, around 3.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Penn Bernville El Sch at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 53.1%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Penn Bernville El Sch has declined 24%, going from 398 students in 2018 to 302 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 83% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

On this page, members of the Penn Bernville El Sch community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.