Bower Hill El Sch

Bower Hill El Sch is an elementary school of sprawling scale in Venetia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Peters Township SD, instructing 689 students in grades K through 3. That puts it 56% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Within Peters Township SD, which oversees 5 schools and 4,011 students, Bower Hill El Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Bower Hill El Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Bower Hill El Sch has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bower Hill 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 72.0%; Bower Hill El Sch posts 92.1%, +20.1 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Washington County) shows that median household income runs about $78,958, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Washington County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,079 students), Bower Hill El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: McMurray El Sch, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bower Hill El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bower Hill El Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 78.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Bower Hill El Sch's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 675 (now 689).

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.