Fox Twp El Sch

Located at 376 Main St, in Kersey, Pennsylvania, Fox Twp El Sch is a tight-knit elementary campus that hosts 231 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Saint Marys Area SD. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 48% leaner than typical.

Across the 4 schools in Saint Marys Area SD (1,845 students total), Fox Twp El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Fox Twp El Sch logs that nearly all students (97%) are White; the rest looks like 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Elk County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Fox Twp El Sch has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 107% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Elk County runs at roughly 89%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Elk County shows median household income runs about $66,380, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Fox Twp El Sch is one of 10 public schools in Elk County (combined enrollment of about 3,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: St Marys Area SHS, around 3.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Fox Twp El Sch.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 49%: 155 students in 2018 compared to 231 in 2025.

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