Cranberry El Sch

Cranberry El Sch is one of the reasonably sized elementary campuss in Seneca, Pennsylvania, part of Cranberry Area SD, with 581 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 443.

Cranberry Area SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,144 students. Cranberry El Sch is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Cranberry El Sch lists that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Cranberry El Sch has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Venango County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Cranberry El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Venango County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,522 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cranberry El Sch is one of 15 public schools in Venango County (combined enrollment of about 5,704 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cranberry Area JSHS, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cranberry El Sch comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cranberry El Sch's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 637 (now 581). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.