Clear Run El Ctr

Clear Run El Ctr operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, part of Pocono Mountain SD. Current enrollment sits at 658 students spanning grades K through 2. That puts it 49% larger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 9 schools in Pocono Mountain SD (7,781 students total), Clear Run El Ctr accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Clear Run El Ctr lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 27% Black, 21% White, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Clear Run El Ctr tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Monroe County's rate of about 74%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,565 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Monroe County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,752 students), of which Clear Run El Ctr is one.

Clear Run Intrmd Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 763 students in 2018 compared to 658 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 26% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.