Hutchinson El Sch

Hutchinson El Sch is a cozy elementary school in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, part of Laurel Highlands SD. The school hosts 308 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Hutchinson El Sch sits 30% below that benchmark.

Laurel Highlands SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,647 students; Hutchinson El Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, Hutchinson El Sch lists that nearly all students (83%) are White; the rest looks like 8% multiracial, 7% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Hutchinson El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fayette County (around 92%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hutchinson El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 51.2%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Fayette County shows median household income runs about $58,236, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Fayette County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,340 students), of which Hutchinson El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Hatfield El Sch, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hutchinson El Sch at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 34.4%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Hutchinson El Sch's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 355 (now 308). Class-load math has fell: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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