Homer-Center El Sch

Set in Homer City, Pennsylvania, Homer-Center El Sch is a reasonably sized elementary school, overseen by Homer-Center SD. It enrolls 378 students across grades K through 6.

Within Homer-Center SD, which oversees 2 schools and 770 students, Homer-Center El Sch is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Homer-Center El Sch reports that nearly all students (95%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Indiana County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Homer-Center El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Homer-Center El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 51.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Indiana County reports that median household income runs about $60,208, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Indiana County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,470 students), Homer-Center El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Homer-Center JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Homer-Center El Sch comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 58.8%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 437 students in 2018 compared to 378 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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