Ferguson Twp El Sch

Ferguson Twp El Sch is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania, run under State College Area SD, caters to 287 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Ferguson Twp El Sch sits 35% smaller than that benchmark.

State College Area SD comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 6,799 students; Ferguson Twp El Sch is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ferguson Twp El Sch lists that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest comes out to 12% Asian, 8% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Ferguson Twp El Sch records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Centre County (around 31%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ferguson Twp El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Centre County shows median household earnings sit near $74,291, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Ferguson Twp El Sch is one of 33 public schools in Centre County (combined enrollment of about 13,674 students).

Centre Learning Community CS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ferguson Twp El Sch comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 67.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Ferguson Twp El Sch's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 354 (now 287). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 82% to 77% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.