Klein El Sch

Klein El Sch operates as a small elementary campus in Erie, Pennsylvania, operated by Harbor Creek SD. Current enrollment sits at 282 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

Across the 5 schools in Harbor Creek SD (2,079 students total), Klein El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Klein El Sch shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 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 Klein El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Erie County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Klein El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.8%, the actual is 69.9%, a residual of +13.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Erie County shows median household income runs about $63,354, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Erie County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), of which Klein El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Iroquois El Sch, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Klein El Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 51.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 334 students in 2018 compared to 282 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 94% to 88%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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