Clark Wood El Sch

As a modestly sized K-5 school in Elkland, Pennsylvania, Clark Wood El Sch works with 303 students from grades K through 6, operated by Northern Tioga SD. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Northern Tioga SD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,989 students. Clark Wood El Sch is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clark Wood El Sch shows that nearly all students (92%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Tioga County's rate of about 73%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clark Wood El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.9%, the actual is 43.7%, a residual of +8.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Tioga County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,899 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tioga County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,053 students), of which Clark Wood El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 8.4 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Clark Wood El Sch comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clark Wood El Sch has climbed 3%, going from 295 students in 2018 to 303 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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