Bellaire El Sch

Located at 905 Waggoner's Gap Rd, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Bellaire El Sch is a reasonably sized elementary-level community that caters to 407 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Carlisle Area SD.

Bellaire El Sch is one of 10 schools operated by Carlisle Area SD, a district that instructs 5,087 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Bellaire El Sch shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 13% Black, 11% Asian, 11% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Bellaire El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bellaire El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cumberland County shows median household earnings sit near $87,494, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bellaire El Sch is one of 57 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 33,044 students).

The closest other public school is Wilson MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bellaire El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 397 students in 2018 compared to 407 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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