Other / mixed grade configuration · Brookville, PA

Brookville Jshs

Federal NCES profile for Brookville Jshs, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 55/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 420432006162
0/100100/10055/100
👥 S:T ratio
55
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
43
📋 Attendance
54
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Brookville Jshs earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 81% of Pennsylvania schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Pennsylvania schools.

#1 of 4
public schools in Brookville · Resource Index
55
Resource Index · Higher
11.3:1
small classes for Pennsylvania
46.5%
free-lunch eligible

Brookville Jshs has class sizes smaller than 81% of Pennsylvania schools. Computed live against every Pennsylvania school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Brookville Jshs ranks #1 of 4 public schools in Brookville, PA.

Enrollment

574

Pennsylvania · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

51.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

11.3:1

vs 13.6:1 Pennsylvania avg

-17% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

46.5%

vs 58.1% Pennsylvania avg

-20% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Brookville Jshs compares with Pennsylvania and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:111.3:1

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

What stands out at Brookville Jshs

Brookville Jshs is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Brookville, Pennsylvania, enrolling 574 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 11.3:1 puts it in the smaller third of Pennsylvania schools by student-teacher ratio.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 46.5% lands close to the Pennsylvania typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

Enrollment of 574 puts it in the larger third of Pennsylvania schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 2,889 scored Pennsylvania schools.

Against 574 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #90.

Its student body is predominantly White (97% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 6/100).

Counselor coverage runs a bit thin, about 287 students per counselor, somewhat past the ASCA-recommended 250:1 benchmark.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 18.3% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Brookville Area Sd also operates Hickory Grove El Sch (409 students) and Pinecreek El Sch (198 students) alongside Brookville Jshs.

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 Brookville Jshs compares

Brookville Jshs on the metrics families compare, against Pennsylvania and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Pennsylvania Pennsylvania avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 11.3:1 ▼ 17% 13.6:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 46.5% ▼ 20% 58.1% 51.7%
Enrollment 574 top 33% - -

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

11.3:1
Leaner classes than 81% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
574
Bigger than 70% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
46.5%
free-lunch eligible - 20% below the Pennsylvania average of 58.1%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
11.3:1
students per teacher - 17% below state mean
Top 19% in Pennsylvania - lower ratio than 81% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
18.3%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$16,277
per pupil, district-wide - below Pennsylvania avg of $17,970
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 287 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
26
in-school suspensions + 10 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 4.5 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 6.3 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 97.0%
Two or More 1.0%
Hispanic or Latino 0.9%
African American 0.5%
Asian 0.5%

Largest group: White at 97.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 5.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 5.9, Brookville Jshs is less mixed than the Pennsylvania school average of 37.3.

Programs

AP courses offered 8
Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Brookville Area Sd, which includes Brookville Jshs.

$16,277
Per student
-9%
vs Pennsylvania
Avg $17,970
-2%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 33.7%
State 54.1%
Federal 12.1%

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 Brookville Jshs Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Hickory Grove El Sch Smaller Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Pinecreek El Sch Smaller Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Northside El Sch Smaller Similar economic need Similar S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Brookville Jshs's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Brookville Area Sd · 3 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

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

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Brookville Jshs's federal record.

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 Brookville Jshs

How many students attend Brookville Jshs?

Brookville Jshs has 574 students enrolled. It is a public school in Brookville, PA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Brookville Jshs?

The student-teacher ratio at Brookville Jshs is 11.3:1, which is 17% lower than the Pennsylvania average of 13.6:1 and 28% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Brookville Jshs?

46.5% of students at Brookville Jshs are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Pennsylvania average of 58.1%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Brookville Jshs?

The largest demographic group at Brookville Jshs is White at 97.0% of enrollment, in Brookville, PA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Brookville Jshs?

Brookville Jshs has a Resource Investment Index of 55/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, AP course offerings, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Brookville Jshs rank among public schools in Brookville?

By Resource Investment Index, Brookville Jshs ranks #1 of 4 public schools in Brookville, PA. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all public schools in Brookville on the city page.

Is Brookville Jshs a good school?

Brookville Jshs earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 81% of Pennsylvania schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Pennsylvania schools. 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 Brookville Area Sd?

Besides Brookville Jshs, Brookville Area Sd also operates Hickory Grove El Sch (409 students), Pinecreek El Sch (198 students), and Northside El Sch (101 students). See the Brookville Area Sd 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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