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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Forest City Regional El Sch?
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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST CITY REGIONAL SD·NCES 420993006420
Forest City Regional El Sch
100 Susquehanna Street, Forest City, PA 18421 · (570) 785-2410 · Susquehanna County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
240 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Forest City Regional El Sch→Forest City Regional HS
Based on grade levels within Forest City Regional SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
39.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
434
-4 (-1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.6:1
% White
88%
was 92%
% Hispanic
6%
was 3%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Forest City Regional El Sch
As a medium-sized elementary campus in Forest City, Pennsylvania, Forest City Regional El Sch hosts 434 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by Forest City Regional SD.
Across the 2 schools in Forest City Regional SD (782 students total), Forest City Regional El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Forest City Regional El Sch reports that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
On the resource side, On paper, Forest City Regional El Sch has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Forest City Regional El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Susquehanna County's rate of about 78%.
With demographic context factored in, Forest City Regional El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 44.7%, a residual of -9.2 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Susquehanna County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,487, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Susquehanna County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,728 students), of which Forest City Regional El Sch is one.
Forest City Regional HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Forest City Regional El Sch comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Forest City Regional El Sch has held roughly steady, going from 438 students in 2018 to 434 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Susquehanna County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,219
Census ACS
Median income
$68,487
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,728 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Forest City Regional HS0.0 mi · 348
- Fell CS3.2 mi · 111
- Carbondale Area JSHS5.6 mi · 736
- Carbondale El Sch5.6 mi · 755
- Robert D Wilson El School6.0 mi · 345
- Lakeland El Sch - Mayfield Campus7.6 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About Forest City Regional El SchHow large is Forest City Regional El Sch?
Forest City Regional El Sch enrolls approximately 434 students in grades PK-06.
Is Forest City Regional El Sch an elementary, middle, or high school?
Forest City Regional El Sch is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Forest City Regional El Sch have?
Forest City Regional El Sch employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Forest City Regional El Sch?
Student demographics at Forest City Regional El Sch are roughly 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Forest City Regional El Sch?
Forest City Regional El Sch is overseen by Forest City Regional SD in Susquehanna County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.