Elk Lake El Sch

Elk Lake El Sch operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Springville, Pennsylvania, run under Elk Lake SD. Current enrollment sits at 563 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 27% larger than typical.

Within Elk Lake SD, which oversees 2 schools and 1,053 students, Elk Lake El Sch is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Elk Lake El Sch records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Susquehanna County as a whole.

On the resource side, Elk Lake El Sch shows 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Susquehanna County (around 78%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Elk Lake El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.1%; this one delivers 50.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Susquehanna County put the typical household earns roughly $68,487 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Susquehanna County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,728 students), of which Elk Lake El Sch is one.

Elk Lake JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Elk Lake El Sch. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Elk Lake El Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.3%.

Elk Lake El Sch operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Elk Lake El Sch's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 635 (now 563).

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.