Bellefonte El Sch

As a small elementary campus in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Bellefonte El Sch works with 318 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Bellefonte Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Bellefonte El Sch sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Bellefonte Area SD (2,579 students total), Bellefonte El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Bellefonte El Sch shows that nearly all students (87%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Centre County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Bellefonte El Sch lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Bellefonte El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Centre County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Bellefonte El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.4%, the actual is 53.0%, a residual of -2.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Centre County put median household income runs about $74,291, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Centre County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,674 students), Bellefonte El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bellefonte Area MS, roughly 1.0 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bellefonte El Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.7%.

Bellefonte El Sch operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 371 students in 2018 compared to 318 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 92% to 87%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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