East Forest El Sch

Located at 120 W Birch St, in Marienville, Pennsylvania, East Forest El Sch is a very small elementary school that educates 70 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Forest Area SD. That puts it 84% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Forest Area SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 326 students; East Forest El Sch is among them.

Looking at the student body, East Forest El Sch lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, East Forest El Sch records 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.0:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Forest County (around 110%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, East Forest El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.8%; this one delivers 43.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Forest County indicate median household earnings sit near $52,191, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Forest County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 326 students), of which East Forest El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is East Forest JSHS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Forest El Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 46.9%.

East Forest El Sch operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Forest El Sch has ticked up 3%, going from 68 students in 2018 to 70 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 0% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the East Forest El Sch community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.