Blairsville El Sch

Blairsville El Sch operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within River Valley SD. Current enrollment sits at 405 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within River Valley SD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,431 students, Blairsville El Sch is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Blairsville El Sch logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Indiana County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 103% of students at Blairsville El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Indiana County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Blairsville El Sch sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.3%; actual is 52.7%, +19.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Indiana County put the typical household earns roughly $60,208 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Indiana County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,470 students), of which Blairsville El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: River Valley MS, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Blairsville El Sch comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 466 students in 2018 compared to 405 in 2025.

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