Charlotte Lappla El Sch

As a rural-scale primary school in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, Charlotte Lappla El Sch serves 156 students from grades K through 1, one of the schools within Wellsboro Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Charlotte Lappla El Sch sits 65% leaner than that benchmark.

Wellsboro Area SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,372 students; Charlotte Lappla El Sch is among them.

Demographically, Charlotte Lappla El Sch shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Tioga County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Charlotte Lappla El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Tioga County's rate of about 73%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Tioga County put median household earnings sit near $64,899, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tioga County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,053 students), Charlotte Lappla El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Don Gill El Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Charlotte Lappla El Sch's enrollment has ticked down 32% since 2018, when it stood at 230 (now 156). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 today.

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