Fort Zeller El Sch

Fort Zeller El Sch is one of the tight-knit elementary campuss in Richland, Pennsylvania, run under Eastern Lebanon County SD, with 273 students on its rolls from grades K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 38% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 5 schools in Eastern Lebanon County SD (2,310 students total), Fort Zeller El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fort Zeller El Sch lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lebanon County (around 61%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lebanon County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,425 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Fort Zeller El Sch is one of 37 public schools in Lebanon County (combined enrollment of about 18,804 students).

Conrad Weiser West El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fort Zeller El Sch has contracted 11%, going from 306 students in 2018 to 273 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 12% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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