Elementary school (grades K-5) · Follansbee, WV

Brooke Intermediate School North

Federal NCES profile for Brooke Intermediate School North, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 32/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 540015001585
0/100100/10032/100
👥 S:T ratio
47
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
31
📋 Attendance
22
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Brooke Intermediate School North earns 32/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the West Virginia median.

32
Resource Index · Typical
13.2:1
students per teacher
172
students enrolled

Brooke Intermediate School North has class sizes near the West Virginia median. Computed live against every West Virginia school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

172

West Virginia · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

13.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

13.2:1

vs 13.1:1 West Virginia avg

+1% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Brooke Intermediate School North compares with West Virginia and U.S. medians

Slightly above state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Brooke Intermediate School North

Brooke Intermediate School North is a mid-sized elementary school in Follansbee, West Virginia, enrolling 172 students.

At 13.2:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the West Virginia median, within a few percentage points of the 13.1:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.

Enrollment of 172 puts it in the smaller third of West Virginia schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 643 scored West Virginia schools.

Its student body is predominantly White (92% of enrollment) (diversity index 14/100).

Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 344 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 31.4% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Its district draws 15.0% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Brooke County Schools also operates Brooke High School (855 students) and Brooke Middle School (605 students) alongside Brooke Intermediate School North.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Brooke Intermediate School North compares

Brooke Intermediate School North on the metrics families compare, against West Virginia and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs West Virginia West Virginia avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 13.2:1 ▲ 1% 13.1:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 172 top 80% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

13.2:1
Leaner classes than 65% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
172
Bigger than 17% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
13.2:1
students per teacher - 1% above state mean
Top 53% in West Virginia - lower ratio than 47% of state schools
Close to the 15:1 benchmark most often cited for individualized attention.
Engagement
31.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$15,642
per pupil, district-wide - above West Virginia avg of $14,844
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.5 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 92.4%
African American 2.9%
Two or More 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino 1.7%

Largest group: White at 92.4% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 14.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 14.4, Brooke Intermediate School North is less mixed than the West Virginia school average of 17.9.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Brooke County Schools, which includes Brooke Intermediate School North.

$15,642
Per student
+5%
vs West Virginia
Avg $14,844
-6%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 47.2%
State 37.8%
Federal 15.0%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Brooke Intermediate School North Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Brooke High School Larger No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Brooke Middle School Larger No free-lunch data Lower S:T ratio
Brooke Primary School North Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Brooke Primary School South Similar size No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Brooke Intermediate School South Smaller No free-lunch data Lower S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Brooke Intermediate School North's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Brooke County Schools · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of West Virginia, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

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Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Brooke Intermediate School North

How many students attend Brooke Intermediate School North?

Brooke Intermediate School North has 172 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Follansbee, WV.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Brooke Intermediate School North?

The student-teacher ratio at Brooke Intermediate School North is 13.2:1, which is 1% higher than the West Virginia average of 13.1:1 and 16% lower than the national average of 15.7:1.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Brooke Intermediate School North?

The largest demographic group at Brooke Intermediate School North is White at 92.4% of enrollment, in Follansbee, WV.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Brooke Intermediate School North?

Brooke Intermediate School North has a Resource Investment Index of 32/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Brooke Intermediate School North a good school?

Brooke Intermediate School North earns 32/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the West Virginia median. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Brooke County Schools?

Besides Brooke Intermediate School North, Brooke County Schools also operates Brooke High School (855 students), Brooke Middle School (605 students), and Brooke Primary School North (257 students). See the Brooke County Schools district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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