Cornwall El Sch

Located at 45 Burd Coleman Rd, in Cornwall, Pennsylvania, Cornwall El Sch is a moderately sized elementary campus that caters to 541 students (grades K through 5), part of Cornwall-Lebanon SD. Enrollment runs roughly 22% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 6 schools in Cornwall-Lebanon SD (4,881 students total), Cornwall El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Cornwall El Sch records that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Cornwall El Sch has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lebanon County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cornwall El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.6%, the actual is 66.9%, a residual of +5.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lebanon County) records that median household earnings sit near $78,425, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lebanon County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,804 students), Cornwall El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Cedar Crest MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cornwall El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cornwall El Sch at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 43.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cornwall El Sch's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 578 (now 541). White enrollment moved from 84% to 70% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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