Lewis M Myers El Sch

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in Bellwood, Pennsylvania, Lewis M Myers El Sch teaches 399 students from grades K through 4, run under Bellwood-Antis SD.

Lewis M Myers El Sch is one of 3 schools operated by Bellwood-Antis SD, a district that instructs 1,109 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Lewis M Myers El Sch reports that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Lewis M Myers El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Blair County (around 74%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Lewis M Myers El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Blair County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,382 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Lewis M Myers El Sch is one of 33 public schools in Blair County (combined enrollment of about 15,692 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bellwood Antis MS, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Lewis M Myers El Sch. On composite proficiency, Lewis M Myers El Sch comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 51.3%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 476 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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