Knoch Intermediate El Sch

Set in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, Knoch Intermediate El Sch is a low-enrollment elementary campus, run under Knoch SD. It educates 296 students across grades 4 through 5. That puts it 33% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Knoch SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,015 students. Knoch Intermediate El Sch is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Knoch Intermediate El Sch shows that nearly all students (94%) are White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Knoch Intermediate El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Knoch Intermediate El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.7%; this one delivers 68.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Butler County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,843 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Knoch Intermediate El Sch is one of 39 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 24,616 students).

The closest other public school is Knoch MS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Knoch Intermediate El Sch comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Knoch Intermediate El Sch has decreased 8%, going from 321 students in 2018 to 296 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 99% to 94% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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