Jersey Shore Area El Sch

Located at 601 Locust St, in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, Jersey Shore Area El Sch is a mid-tier primary school that serves 499 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Jersey Shore Area SD.

Across the 5 schools in Jersey Shore Area SD (2,088 students total), Jersey Shore Area El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Jersey Shore Area El Sch lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jersey Shore Area El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lycoming County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,917 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Jersey Shore Area El Sch is one of 30 public schools in Lycoming County (combined enrollment of about 14,288 students).

Jersey Shore Area SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jersey Shore Area El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.6%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 629 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.