Clearfield Area El Sch

Located at 700 High Level Rd, in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, Clearfield Area El Sch is a large K-5 school that enrolls 1,067 students (grades K through 6), run under Clearfield Area SD. That puts it 141% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Clearfield Area El Sch is one of 2 schools operated by Clearfield Area SD, a district that enrolls 2,075 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clearfield Area El Sch logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Clearfield County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clearfield Area El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Clearfield County) reports that median household earnings sit near $62,152, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Clearfield Area El Sch is one of 19 public schools in Clearfield County (combined enrollment of about 8,409 students).

Clearfield County Career & Technology Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clearfield Area El Sch at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clearfield Area El Sch has edged down 9%, going from 1,169 students in 2018 to 1,067 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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