Carl G Renn El Sch

As a small primary school in Lairdsville, Pennsylvania, Carl G Renn El Sch educates 181 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of East Lycoming SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Carl G Renn El Sch sits 59% below that benchmark.

East Lycoming SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,601 students; Carl G Renn El Sch is among them.

On the student-mix side, Carl G Renn El Sch shows that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 2% multiracial. By comparison, Lycoming County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Carl G Renn El Sch has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Lycoming County's rate of about 60%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Carl G Renn El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.3%, the actual is 54.0%, a residual of -2.3 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lycoming County shows median household income runs about $63,917, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Lycoming County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,288 students), Carl G Renn El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hughesville JSHS, roughly 6.3 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carl G Renn El Sch at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 53.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 28%: 250 students in 2018 compared to 181 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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