Crestview El Sch

Crestview El Sch is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, part of Carlisle Area SD, hosting 541 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 22% larger than typical.

Crestview El Sch is one of 10 schools operated by Carlisle Area SD, a district that educates 5,087 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Crestview El Sch reports that White students make up the majority at 64%; the rest looks like 13% Asian, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cumberland County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Crestview El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.8%, the actual is 51.7%, a residual of -2.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cumberland County put median household income runs about $87,494, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Cumberland County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,044 students), of which Crestview El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bellaire El Sch, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crestview El Sch at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.5%.

Crestview El Sch operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Crestview El Sch has ticked up 7%, going from 504 students in 2018 to 541 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 82% to 64%.

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