The top reported proficiency rate is 50% in Science. The lowest is 27% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Brookwood El Sch
Brookwood Elementary sits in the heart of Levittown, the archetype of the post-World War II American suburb, a landscape of mid-century single-family homes built on curving streets in named sections, each with its own neighborhood elementary school embedded at or near the center. The school serves kindergarten through fifth grade in this census-designated place that spans parts of Bristol, Falls, and Middletown townships and Tullytown Borough. Enrollment is roughly evenly distributed across grades, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is diverse: a clear majority are white, with significant shares of Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students, alongside smaller numbers of Asian and Native American students.
The school's academic profile shows struggle. On the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, Brookwood's proficiency rates in math and English language arts for grades three through five both sit near the same low level, with roughly between one in four and one in five students demonstrating proficiency. Science results from the prior year are higher, with proficiency near half, though the science assessment covers fewer students. When compared across the proficiency index metric among districts in Bucks County, Brookwood falls into the bottom quartile, meaning its overall performance is well below the middle of its regional peer group. State testing data from grades younger than three is not available because Pennsylvania does not assess those grades.
Bristol Township School District, the parent system, has been navigating real fiscal pressure. The district held the property tax rate flat for roughly six straight years but approved a preliminary budget for 2026-2027 that includes a property tax increase, ending that streak. Families weighing a move to the area should factor this shift into their housing costs. The positive counterweight is that in 2024-2025 Pennsylvania allocated Bristol Township substantial additional state adequacy funding as one of just eleven historically underfunded districts statewide, money that allowed the system to maintain full-day kindergarten, athletics, gifted and honors tracks, K-12 arts, and after-school programs. At the elementary level, the district has implemented a Multi-Tiered System of Supports framework designed to give struggling students targeted intervention time during the school day before special education referral, reshaping how reading, math, and behavior are addressed across all K-5 buildings including Brookwood.
Levittown itself is a car-dependent residential suburb with minimal walkability and no traditional downtown center. Retail clusters around shopping centers and the regional mall to the north; civic institutions are dispersed. The community is seeing modest infill housing development, including some higher-density townhome and senior projects replacing older school buildings, though overall population has been roughly flat. Housing values in the zip code have risen modestly. The area sits within a short drive of SEPTA Regional Rail service via the Levittown station and bus routes, offering regional transit access.
A parent considering Brookwood should understand that this is a school in a low-performing band on state assessments, serving an economically disadvantaged and diverse student body in an older planned suburb. The district's intervention framework and the recent state funding boost represent structural support efforts, but the latest test results show those efforts are still working toward improvement. The property tax increase signals that fiscal constraints that helped keep this affordable community accessible may be tightening.
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