Chief Shikellamy Sch

Chief Shikellamy Sch is a mid-tier elementary school in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, part of Shikellamy SD. The school educates 614 students in grades 3 through 5. That puts it 39% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Shikellamy SD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,682 students; Chief Shikellamy Sch is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chief Shikellamy Sch records that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Northumberland County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 102% of students at Chief Shikellamy Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Northumberland County (around 86%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chief Shikellamy Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.9%; this one delivers 43.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Northumberland County) reports that median household income runs about $60,583, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Chief Shikellamy Sch is one of 23 public schools in Northumberland County (combined enrollment of about 10,386 students).

Nearest neighbor: Shikellamy HS, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chief Shikellamy Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.4%.

Chief Shikellamy Sch operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Chief Shikellamy Sch's enrollment has rose 92% since 2018, when it stood at 320 (now 614). Over the same period, the White share rose from 68% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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