Joseph C Ashkar El Sch

Joseph C Ashkar El Sch is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in Hughesville, Pennsylvania, operated by East Lycoming SD, with 553 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 25% above typical.

Joseph C Ashkar El Sch is one of 4 schools operated by East Lycoming SD, a district that serves 1,601 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Joseph C Ashkar El Sch shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Joseph C Ashkar El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lycoming County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Joseph C Ashkar El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Lycoming County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,917 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Lycoming County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,288 students), Joseph C Ashkar El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lycoming Career and Technology Center, around 0.2 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Joseph C Ashkar El Sch comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.7%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Joseph C Ashkar El Sch's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 519 (now 553).

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