Cumru El Sch

As a mid-tier elementary-level community in Shillington, Pennsylvania, Cumru El Sch serves 513 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within Governor Mifflin SD.

Within Governor Mifflin SD, which oversees 6 schools and 4,154 students, Cumru El Sch is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Cumru El Sch shows that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 39% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Berks County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Cumru El Sch records 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Berks County's rate of about 67%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cumru El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.3%; this one delivers 45.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Berks County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,777 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Berks County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students), Cumru El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Intermediate Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cumru El Sch. On composite proficiency, Cumru El Sch comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Cumru El Sch's enrollment has rose 23% since 2018, when it stood at 418 (now 513). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 58% to 46%. Class-load math has grew: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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