Blain El Sch

Blain El Sch operates as a close-knit elementary campus in Blain, Pennsylvania, operated by West Perry SD. Current enrollment sits at 258 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 42% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

West Perry SD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,137 students. Blain El Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Blain El Sch logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Perry County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 103% of students at Blain El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Perry County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Blain El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.4%; Blain El Sch posts 52.8%, +19.4 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Perry County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,444 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Perry County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,512 students), of which Blain El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Loysville Youth Dev Ctr, roughly 9.0 miles away. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blain El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 54.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Blain El Sch's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 292 (now 258). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Blain El Sch typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.