Keystone El Sch

Keystone El Sch, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Knox, Pennsylvania, operated by Keystone SD, instructs 412 students, covering grades K through 6.

Keystone SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 805 students. Keystone El Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Keystone El Sch reports that nearly all students (97%) are White. The remainder comes out to 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Clarion County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Keystone El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at Keystone El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Clarion County runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Keystone El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Clarion County) logs that median household earnings sit near $62,649, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Keystone El Sch is one of 16 public schools in Clarion County (combined enrollment of about 5,023 students).

Keystone JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Keystone El Sch at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 50.9%.

Keystone El Sch operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Keystone El Sch has declined 17%, going from 496 students in 2018 to 412 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.