Choconut Valley El Sch

Choconut Valley El Sch is one of the modestly sized elementary-level communitys in Friendsville, Pennsylvania, part of Montrose Area SD, with 251 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 43% below the state mean of about 443.

Choconut Valley El Sch is one of 3 schools operated by Montrose Area SD, a district that works with 1,217 students overall.

On demographics, Choconut Valley El Sch records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Susquehanna County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Choconut Valley El Sch has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Choconut Valley El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Susquehanna County (around 78%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Choconut Valley El Sch sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 37.0%; actual is 67.7%, +30.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Susquehanna County reports that median household income runs about $68,487, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Choconut Valley El Sch is one of 15 public schools in Susquehanna County (combined enrollment of about 5,728 students).

BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Choconut Valley El Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 61.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 279 students in 2018 compared to 251 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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