California Area El Sch

Set in Coal Center, Pennsylvania, California Area El Sch is a reasonably sized elementary campus, run under California Area SD. It caters to 485 students across grades K through 6.

California Area SD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 933 students. California Area El Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, California Area El Sch reports that White students make up the majority at 80%. Beyond that, the school shows 11% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting California Area El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Washington County's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), California Area El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.0%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of +0.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household earnings sit near $78,958, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Washington County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,079 students), of which California Area El Sch is one.

California Academy of Learning CS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts California Area El Sch at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 34.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. California Area El Sch's enrollment has expanded 43% since 2018, when it stood at 339 (now 485). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 89% to 80% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.