Iroquois El Sch

Iroquois El Sch is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in Erie, Pennsylvania, part of Iroquois SD, with 557 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 26% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

Iroquois SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,117 students. Iroquois El Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Iroquois El Sch reports that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest is composed of 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Erie County's rate of about 74%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Iroquois El Sch is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.8%; this one delivers 53.8%, a residual of +18.0 points.

In the surrounding community, Erie County reports that median household income runs about $63,354, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Erie County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), Iroquois El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Iroquois JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Iroquois El Sch comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Iroquois El Sch has contracted 13%, going from 638 students in 2018 to 557 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 87% to 75%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.