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Donald E. Schick Sch
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Donald E. Schick Sch
Donald E. Schick Sch, a sprawling elementary school in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, overseen by Loyalsock Township SD, educates 721 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Donald E. Schick Sch sits 63% bigger than that benchmark.
Across the 3 schools in Loyalsock Township SD (1,510 students total), Donald E. Schick Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Donald E. Schick Sch shows that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest is composed of 10% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Lycoming County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Donald E. Schick Sch shows 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 103% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Lycoming County's rate of about 60%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Donald E. Schick Sch is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.3%; this one delivers 58.1%, a residual of +24.8 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lycoming County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,917 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Lycoming County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,288 students), of which Donald E. Schick Sch is one.
Loyalsock Twp SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Donald E. Schick Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.4%.
Donald E. Schick Sch operates from a suburban location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 7%: 675 students in 2018 compared to 721 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.
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