Centre Learning Community CS

Centre Learning Community CS is one of the rural-scale junior highs in State College, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Centre Learning Community CS, with 67 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Centre Learning Community CS sits 89% leaner than that benchmark.

Centre Learning Community CS is the operating authority for Centre Learning Community CS, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Centre Learning Community CS logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 4% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Centre Learning Community CS has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Centre Learning Community CS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Centre County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,291, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Centre County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,674 students), Centre Learning Community CS is one campus in the mix.

Young Scholars of Central PA CS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Centre Learning Community CS at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 69.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. As a public charter, Centre Learning Community CS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Centre Learning Community CS's enrollment has decreased 27% since 2018, when it stood at 92 (now 67). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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