East MS

East MS, a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Erie, Pennsylvania, run under Erie City SD, works with 672 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Within Erie City SD, which oversees 15 schools and 10,473 students, East MS is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, East MS lists that the most-represented group is Black (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% White, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 8% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

In terms of school funding signals, East MS records 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting East MS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 106% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Erie County's rate of about 74%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Erie County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Erie County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), of which East MS is one.

The closest other public school is Robert Benjamin Wiley Community CS, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 706 students in 2018 compared to 672 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 49% to 39% over that span.

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