Bon Meade El Sch

Bon Meade El Sch is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in Moon township, Pennsylvania, overseen by Moon Area SD, with 572 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 29% bigger than typical.

Bon Meade El Sch is one of 8 schools operated by Moon Area SD, a district that teaches 4,100 students overall.

Demographically, Bon Meade El Sch logs that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 7% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bon Meade El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 84.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Bon Meade El Sch is one.

J.A. Allard El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bon Meade El Sch. On composite proficiency, Bon Meade El Sch comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 69.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 5%: 543 students in 2018 compared to 572 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 85% to 77%. Class-load math has widened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.