Economy El Sch

As a mid-sized elementary school in Freedom, Pennsylvania, Economy El Sch enrolls 456 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Ambridge Area SD.

Ambridge Area SD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,186 students; Economy El Sch is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Economy El Sch logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. Compared to Beaver County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Economy El Sch has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Beaver County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Economy El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 34.5%; Economy El Sch posts 56.4%, +21.9 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Beaver County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,089 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Beaver County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,222 students), of which Economy El Sch is one.

Ambridge Area MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Economy El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Economy El Sch's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 504 (now 456).

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