Russell C. Phillips El Sch

Set in Farrell, Pennsylvania, Russell C. Phillips El Sch is an average-sized elementary-level community, operated by Farrell Area SD. It teaches 414 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Russell C. Phillips El Sch is one of 2 schools operated by Farrell Area SD, a district that instructs 695 students overall.

On demographics, Russell C. Phillips El Sch reports that Black students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder consists of 19% multiracial, 13% White, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Russell C. Phillips El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Mercer County's rate of about 71%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Russell C. Phillips El Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.9%; this one comes in at 14.5%, -22.4 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Mercer County indicate median household income runs about $59,976, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Mercer County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,815 students), of which Russell C. Phillips El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Farrell Area HS/UMS, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Russell C. Phillips El Sch. On composite proficiency, Russell C. Phillips El Sch comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.2%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Russell C. Phillips El Sch's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 414). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 74% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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