Eisenhower El Sch

Eisenhower El Sch is a primary school of modestly sized scale in Indiana, Pennsylvania, run under Indiana Area SD, works with 213 students in grades 4 through 5. That puts it 52% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Indiana Area SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,803 students; Eisenhower El Sch is among them.

On the student-mix side, Eisenhower El Sch lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school lists 11% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Indiana County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Eisenhower El Sch has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 62% of students at Eisenhower El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eisenhower El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.2%, the actual is 58.0%, a residual of +6.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Indiana County shows median household earnings sit near $60,208, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Indiana County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,470 students), of which Eisenhower El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Horace Mann El Sch, roughly 1.2 miles away. 6 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), Eisenhower El Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Eisenhower El Sch's enrollment has ticked down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 225 (now 213). Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 5% to 0%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.