Harry W Lockley Early Learning Center

Set in New Castle, Pennsylvania, Harry W Lockley Early Learning Center is a sizable K-5 school, overseen by New Castle Area SD. It educates 736 students across grades K through 2. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Harry W Lockley Early Learning Center sits 66% bigger than that benchmark.

Harry W Lockley Early Learning Center is one of 4 schools operated by New Castle Area SD, a district that educates 2,872 students overall.

On demographics, Harry W Lockley Early Learning Center reports that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 23% multiracial, 22% Black, 8% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Harry W Lockley Early Learning Center higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 106% of students at Harry W Lockley Early Learning Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Lawrence County's rate of about 67%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lawrence County put the typical household earns roughly $61,931 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Lawrence County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,015 students), Harry W Lockley Early Learning Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: New Castle JHS, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Harry W Lockley Early Learning Center's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 810 (now 736). The White share of enrollment decreased from 61% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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